Pathe Motocamera
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
License
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Pathe Motocamera. Cinecamera for 9.5mm film in Pathexchargers. Carl Zeiss Tessar lens F;2cm f/2.7-14, No 1121762. Clockwork motor drive, claw intermittent, direct vision optical finder. Rotary counter. No V 61807.
The Pathe Motocamera was the first Pathe camera with integral clockwork drive. It was sometimes advertised as 'The Pathescope Home Movie Camera' in the UK. It was larger than the Pathe Baby camera and took a physically larger charger known as the P type, which held around 8.2m (27ft) of filmstock.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/4442
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), leatherette and glass
- type:
- cinecamera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford