Pathescope Kid Super Attachment hand-cranked cine projector.
Pathescope Ltd
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1930 - 1940
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Glass
Measurements
340 x 110 x 230 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525238
Summary
Pathescope Kid Super Attachment hand-cranked cine projector. The unit is metal with an attachment screwed to the base with a plate declaring 'Pathescope Kid Super Attachment Made in England'. This appears to give the facility of a larger spool. A metal plate on the side says 'Pathescope Kid' and an enamel plate reads 'J.Lizars Optician & Photographic Dealer, 6, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh and Branches' Illumination is electrical. The underside of the base has stamped 'Made in England' and also 'Brevete en France S.G.D.G. Patents Applied For'. A spare reel is clipped into the base, each side stamped 'Pathescope'.
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Pathescope Ltd , manufacturer