Several types of "Prestwich Camera" were manufactured in the late 1800's. One of the earliest designs of this type held 50 feet of film -- more film than any other camera of the age.

These were 35mm cine cameras eventually fitted with external magazines capable of holding up 400 feet of film.

According to Carl Louis Gregory in his article "The Early History of Wide Films: Being a Peek into the Past that is Both Interesting and Enlightening" published in American Cinematographer (January, 1930)

An advertisement in Hopwood's "Living Pictures" edition of 1899 offers the "Prestwich" specialties for animated photography -- "nine different models of cameras and projectors in three sizes for l/2-inch, 1 3/8-inch and 2 3/8-inch width of film."

See also

History of cinema

References

Coe, Brian. The History of Movie Photography; Eastview Editions, 1981

External links

Reprint of the article at the Widescreen Museum