Moy and Bastie 35mm Cine Camera

PART OF:
Sarosh Collection of Film Technology
Made:
1909 in London
maker:
Ernest F. Moy Limited

Moy and Bastie 35mm cine camera, serial number 185, with F/4.5 lens, serial number 117835,and two internal magazines. No crank handle.

Made by the London firm of Moy and Bastie, this camera is a characteristic British 'upright' pattern cine camera, containing the feed and take-up film magazines on top of each other inside the camera. Moy and Bastie went on to manufacture the Moy Gyro camera in 1912, which was one of the first cine cameras to have an integral electric motor and was designed primarily for newsreel work. Front view.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Collection:
Feroze Sarosh Collection
Object Number:
2007-5005/15
type:
35mm cine camera
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford