apparatus [ ap-uh-rat-uhs ]

noun, plural ap·pa·rat·us, ap·pa·rat·us·es.

a group or combination of instruments, machinery, tools, materials, etc., having a particular function or intended for a specific use: Our cinematographer shot some beautiful footage with his apparatus..

Enjoy my blog featuring 100 years of motion picture apparatuses.

A Camera With No Name.
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A Camera With No Name.

America, 1920’s

A Camera With No Name.

This mystery camera was used in the 1920’s to shoot a few short films in New Jersey and the east coast of America, but who is her maker?

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Akeley Junior 35mm Camera
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Akeley Junior 35mm Camera

The picture worth a thousand words...

When I opened the image I was shocked to see not the Pancake, but a new previously unknown Akeley camera under Martin Johnson’s arm…

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