Debrie Le Parvo 35mm Cine Camera

Debrie Le Parvo 35mm cine camera, serial no. 1802 with Taylor Hobson Cooke Cinema F/3.5 2 1/4" lens and crank handle.

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.