Kinemacolor Camera No 141

PART OF:
Sarosh Collection of Film Technology
Made:
circa 1908 in London
maker:
Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited

Kinemacolor 35mm cine camera, Serial number 141, with Zeiss Tessar F/3.5 75mm lens, by Carl Zeiss of Jena, Serial No68294 and 48678. Urban-Smith Patents, GBP 148294. One internal 400 foot magazine and with red/green filter wheel inside camera. No crank. Kinematograph Co Ltd, Wardour Street, London.

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Collection:
Feroze Sarosh Collection
Object Number:
2007-5005/13
Materials:
wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), leather, glass and steel (metal)
Measurements:
overall: 410 mm x 130 mm x 440 mm,
type:
35mm cine camera
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford