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Kinemacolor rewinder, by Urban

Urban Bioscope 35mm Cine Camera

circa 1910

Spirograph projector

1923

Filter tinting machine for 35mm film

1902

Lee and Turner Three-Colour Projector

1902
Collection of papers relating to Charles Urban and early motion pictures. ca.1895-1930. Comprises letters, programmes, press cuttings, advertisements, photographs, articles and promotional material. 19 archive boxes + 3 bound volumes in cases. Listing available. (SEE 2005-5002).

The Charles Urban Collection of papers, c.1895-1930, relating to early motion pictures

1895-1930
Urban Bioscope cine camera, No 198. Manufactured by Charles Urban Trading Company, 48 Rupert Street, Piccadilly, London W1. 300 foot magazines. Hand-cranked, with a fixed 180 degree sector shutter. The lens is a 70mm Collinear II, Serial No 80427, in a rack and pinion focussing mount. The camera has critical focussing though the rear of the film in the gate with an inspecting tube from the front. The cover for this is not original. It has a film speed indicator showing between 12 and 24 frames per second and a footage counter calibrated for 100 foot. Film punch inside. Possibly made by Darling, who made most of Urban's cameras.

Urban Bioscope cine camera

1905-1915
[Ms. memoirs of pioneer film producer Charles Urban, up to 1903, written in c.1941-2. Subtitled '"A Yank in Britain" recounting Behind the Scenes of the Motion Picture Industry. Facts not generally known. (Who's Who and What's What in the early days of the Motion Picture Industry)'. Taking his personal story up to 1903, it comprises a volume of 97 ms. pages, with numerous additional pages stuck in or loose, some of which details events in later years]

[Ms. memoirs of pioneer film producer Charles Urban]

circa 1941-1942
Bioscope projector, by Urban, with lamp

Bioscope projector