Prestwich Kinematograph Camera
Prestwich kinematograph camera for wide film, 1898. No lens. Feet per second dial. Film magazine fitted. Prestwich Manufacturing Co, London.
The Prestwich Manufacturing Company of Tottenham (London) was founded by John Alfred Prestwich (1874-1952) in 1895. Prestwich was an engineer of outstanding ability, who constructed some of the finest cinematographic apparatus of cinema's first decade, he held patents for a number of inventions, not limited to cinematography. After the early 1900s, his work was focused on internal combustion engines, gearing and other systems for motor cars and cycles.
