BUTCHER'S CINEMATOGRAPHIC CAMERA, CIRCA 1913

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BUTCHER'S CINEMATOGRAPHIC CAMERA, CIRCA 1913
Williamson Kinomatograph Co., London; 28mm., leather covered wood-body, hand-cranked, red footage viewing window, reset footage counter button, 30-metre film capacity using spool loaded film, leather carrying handle, maker's wood and brass crank-handle, the back with embossed plate for THE PATHESCOPE CO. OF AMERICA INC AEOLIAN HALL NEW YORK NO. 689, the mechanism with a single 24-tooth sprocket movement with two single sprocket guard rollers and two guide rollers, two sprung film retaining arms, metal film spool, Williamson's patent double-claw movement, stamped PAT.NO. 21707/08, feed and take-up spindles, the interior with original paper instruction label to avoid film fogging, interior of wooden base stamped 689, with a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/6.3 75mm. lens no. 99362

Literature

Peter Ariel (1989), Ariel Cinematographic Register, Band 2, no.363.

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The 28mm. safety film format was always more popular as a projection medium than for shooting films. Pathé adopted this format for one model only which proved to be more successful than this Butcher camera. However, 35mm. remained the professional format for making films and 28mm. cinematographic cameras are rare.
This model was made only for the American market, supplied by W. Butcher & Sons for The American Pathescope Company and manufactured at the Williamson factory in Willesden, London.

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