This Pathé Professional model dates from 1908 and has been adapted for taking Kinemacolor film. Kinemacolor was, according to Barry Salt, 'the only genuine colour process to become a commercial reality before Technicolor'. It was exhibited successfully between 1908 and 1915 although its high point came in 1911 when it was used to present the colourful spectacle of King George V's Delhi Durbar.

The American division of the Kinemacolor company set up its first studio at Whitestone, Long Island in 1912 but soon decided to move to California in search of the abundant natural light necessary to illuminate the 32fps system. This camera, bearing the Long Island City plate, would appear to date from Kinemacolor's brief sojourn on the East coast.