Kinemacolor 35mm Cine Projector Mechanism

PART OF:
Sarosh Collection of Film Technology
Made:
1912 in London
maker:
W Vinten
and
Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited

Kinemacolor 35mm cine projector mechanism, with filter wheel. Wardour Street, London, UK

Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor (The Natural Color Kinematograph Company Limited). It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Collection:
Feroze Sarosh Collection
Object Number:
2007-5005/87
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy), metal (unknown) and glass
Measurements:
overall: 530 mm x 410 mm x 350 mm,
type:
cine camera-projector mechanism
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford