Also been learning more about Ponting’s Prestwich Kinematograph cine camera, which used 35mm film in 300ft internal wooden magazines.

It was hand-cranked with two eight-frame-per-turn shafts and one single frame shaft. Truly a thing of beauty:

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8084524/the-prestwich-model-5-cine-camera-cine-camera

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