![](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/200/803/medium_thumbnail_2005_5001_5.jpg)
'Photo-rotoscope' 35mm projector mechanism
- maker:
- W. C. Hughes & Co.
!["Photo-rotoscope" 35mm](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/339/587/small_thumbnail_1955_0127__0006_.jpg)
!["Photo-rotoscope" 35mm](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/339/584/small_thumbnail_1955_0127__0003_.jpg)
!["Photo-rotoscope" 35mm](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/339/589/small_thumbnail_1955_0127__0008_.jpg)
!["Photo-rotoscope" 35mm](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/339/582/small_thumbnail_1955_0127__0001_.jpg)
!["Photo-rotoscope" 35mm](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/339/590/small_thumbnail_1955_0127__0009_.jpg)
!["Photo-rotoscope" 35mm](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/339/586/small_thumbnail_1955_0127__0005_.jpg)
!["Photo-rotoscope" 35mm](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/339/588/small_thumbnail_1955_0127__0007_.jpg)
!["Photo-rotoscope" 35mm](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/339/585/small_thumbnail_1955_0127__0004_.jpg)
!["Photo-rotoscope" 35mm](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/339/583/small_thumbnail_1955_0127__0002_.jpg)
"Photo-rotoscope" 35mm. projector mechanism, made by W C Hughes, Brewster House, 82 Mortimer Road, Kingsland Road, London, c. 1896.
This projector advances the film by 'dog' motion. An eccentric roller on a rotating disc periodically strikes the film below the film gate and drags the film the length of one frame. The film is then taken up by a continuously moving sprocket wheel.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 1955-127
- Measurements:
-
overall: 300 mm x 230 mm x 180 mm, 3.16 kg
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford