William Friese-Greene's Stereo Cine Camera

Made:: circa 1890 in London

maker:: A Lege and Company Limited

designer:: William Friese-Greene

William Friese-Greene's Stereo Cine Camera

William Friese-Greene's Stereo Cine Camera, 1890

William Friese-Greene's Stereo Cine Camera, about 1890

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William Friese-Greene's Stereo Cine Camera
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William Friese-Greene's Stereo Cine Camera, 1890
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

William Friese-Greene's Stereo Cine Camera, about 1890
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

William Friese-Greene's Stereo Cine Camera, manufactured by A Lege & Co, London c. 1890. With brass plate on front, etched 'A Lege & Co / Makers / London'.

This camera (shown without lenses) was patented by Friese-Greene (1855-1921) in 1893, but is based on a similar design by Frederick Varley, patented in 1890. It has many of the characteristics of the successful moving picture cameras of 1896, but was unable to take photographs at sufficient speed to produce a true moving picture effect.

Having invented a means of projecting sequential photographs by lantern slides in the 1880s, Friese-Greene is hailed by some as the English inventor of cinematography.

Details

Category:: Cinematography

Object Number:: 1950-174

Materials:: wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), leather and celluloid

Measurements:: overall: 285 mm x 260 mm x 180 mm, 6.4 kg

type:: cine camera

credit:: The National Media Museum, Bradford

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Strip of film; a man and child through a park

Strip of film showing a man walking with a child through a park, taken with William Friese-Greene's Stereo Cine Camera manufactured by A Lege & Co (1950-174).