Prestwich Cine Camera
- PART OF:
- The Kodak Museum Collection
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Prestwich cine camera. Cine camera for 35mm film in internal 300 foot magazines. Lens missing. Shutter adjustable externally. Hand turned, two 8 frame shafts and one 1 frame shaft. Two sprocket and claw drive. Through the lens focusing from rear. Film punch. Rotary film footage counter. Prestwich Manufacturing Company.
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.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/3321
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
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overall: 395 mm x 117 mm x 295 mm,
- type:
- cine camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
