Debrie Le Parvo 35mm Cine camera

Debrie Le Parvo 35mm Cine camera, serial number 665. Cine camera for 35mm film in 100m internal magazines. Lens missing. Helical focusing, lever on camera top. Externally adjustable shutter. Hand turned. 8 frame shaft. Two sprocket, claw drive. Through the film focusing (lens missing). FPS indicator, 14-24. Clock type metre indicator. Spirit level. Front finder frame missing. Lens hood. Film punch.

The Debrie Parvo was developed by Joseph Jules Debrie, built by his son Andre Debrie and was a relatively compact camera for the time. The internal magazines were held side by side, with the film fed from the magazine through the gate to a take up magazine through two skewed loops. The Parvo held approximately 400 feet of film inside without the need for an external film magazine, allowing for nearly 6 minutes of film at the standard 16 frames per second silent film rate. It allowed the camera operator to focus the camera lens but had a side optical viewfinder to be used during filming. It was hand-cranked and from 1922 onwards was produced with a metal body.