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.

Prestwich Patent Kinematograph-Model 5
35mm Kino Cameras 35mm Kino Cameras

Prestwich Patent Kinematograph-Model 5

The Prestwich Kinematograph Model 5 cine camera for 35mm film became Prestwich’s most popular model. It contains two 400 foot internal wood magazines. It is hand-cranked with two eight-frame-per-turn shafts and one single frame shaft. The film drive is by…

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Victor Cine and Ultra Cine Cameras
16mm Kino Cameras 16mm Kino Cameras

Victor Cine and Ultra Cine Cameras

On July 5th 1923, The Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester, New York introduced 16mm Safety Film and one of the first companies to make movie cameras for the new film was Victor Animatograph Co. and their Victor Cine and Victor Ultra Cine Cameras…

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