35mm Lumière Cinématographe camera/ projector/ printer, serial no 254, with 3 external feed magazines, 2 printing magazines, 2 internal take-up magazines, taking and projection lenses, crank and case. Claw mechanism designed for Edison perforations. With wooden box. Made by Jules Carpentier, c. 1896.

Around 450 Cinématographes were made. This particular model, from the Sarosh Collection, was purchased by an Indian photographer, Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar (known as 'Save Dada') at a cost of 21 guineas, after seeing a demonstration by a Lumière agent in Bombay.

In 1901 Bhatwadekar used the camera to make what is thought to be the first Indian news film - showing an Indian student's return from Cambridge University. Bhatwadekar went on to film the 1903 Delhi Durbar, organised to celebrate the Coronation of Edward VII.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Collection:
Feroze Sarosh Collection
Object Number:
2007-5005/1
Materials:
wood, brass and metal (unknown), glass
type:
35mm motion picture camera, printer, projector
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford/Sarosh Collection

Parts

Projection lens for Lumiere Cinematographe

Projection lens for Lumiere Cinematographe

Projection lens for Lumiere cinematographe, about 1896.

Measurements:
overall: 9265 mm x 75 mm x 50 mm, 65 mm,
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
Object Number:
2007-5005/1/10
type:
projection lens
Original Box for Lumière Cinématographe

Original Box for Lumière Cinématographe

Wooden box for Lumière Cinématographe 35mm cine camera/printer/projector.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2007-5005/1/12
type:
wooden box