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Amateur filmmaking technologies

Historical overview of technological objects used to record amateur films and home movies during the 20th century: from the first substandard equipment and small-gauge equipment for the 9.5mm, 16mm and 8mm 'safety' film formats to the latest semi-automatized Single 8 and Super 8 film cameras.

Curated by @timvanderheijden Published gallery

88 items

AMATEUR CINEMATOGRAPHY

[d. Stanley Russell]

National Library of Scotland

Film camera, copier and projector, combi

Gaumont, Léon

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Cinematograph (about 1895) of the brothers Louis Jean and Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumi…

Hildebrand, Gustav (Herstellung) (Fotograf)

Deutsche Fotothek

Film camera, 35 mm normal film

Heinrich Ernemann AG

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Ernemann Kino Modell C 35 mm

Ernemann-Werke AG in Dresden, Dresden

Technoseum

Filmkamera

Movette Incorporated

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Filmkamera

De Vry

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Kinora camera

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Mroz, the inventor of color cinematography

Hilscher, Albert

Austrian National Library

Pathé Baby tripod

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Pathé 9.5mm film strip

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Pathéscope Motocamera varnished

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Pathéscope Motocamera varnished interior

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Pathé Baby accessories kit

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Pathéscope Motocamera

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Pathé Baby Faire du cinéma c'est bien! Mais en faire avec une motocaméra Phaté 9 mm 5.

Technoseum

Kinamo K. S. 10 Die Amateur Kinomatografie

Technoseum

Siemens Kino Technik - Siemsns Kamera C II kennt keine schwierige Einstellung

Technoseum

Ciné-Kodak 16mm film camera, model BB

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Ciné-Kodak 16mm film camera, model M (details)

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Ciné-Kodak Film Titler

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Ciné-Kodak Eight viewfinder

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Ciné-Kodak Eight film camera interior

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Ciné-Kodak Eight film camera

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Projector - FILMCAMERA Eastman Kodak Co. - USA

Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Bell & Howell 'Filmo Sportster' 8mm film camera

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

The dentist Ragnar Kihlstedt is filming while fishing. Image for the Narrow Film 1940. The…

Unknown

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Bauer 88 C

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart / Geschäftsbereich Photokino

Technoseum

Bevrijding kamp Aik Pamienke III

Mevr. Lavalette (Vervaardiger)

Museon-Omniversum

8mm film development and drying

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Cine-Kodak colour filter

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Travel photos Greece. Rhodes (city). Tourist with narrow-film camera on a tripod while fil…

Grasser, Franz (Herstellung) (Fotograf)

Deutsche Fotothek

Maddox Discotheque]

Sans Prats, Narcís

Girona City Council

Filmkamera

Emel

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Woman with a Film Camera. Retouched advertising image, Nordic Kompaniet, NK.

Holmén, Erik

Nordic Museum Foundation

Ciné-Caméras Mod.H

Technoseum

[20 EXERCISES IN EDINBURGH CINE SOCIETY CLUBROOMS 1963-1969]

National Library of Scotland

film camera

Bolex

Kulturen

Paillard-Bolex H

Paillard S. A., Yverdon

Technoseum

Filmkamera

Bell & Howell Co

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Projector - FILMCAMERA Bolex-Paillard - CH

Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Narrow film camera “Pentacon AK 8” with lighting accessories at an exhibition for consumer…

Rössing, Roger & Rössing, Renate (Herstellung) (Fotograf)

Deutsche Fotothek

cutting and viewing apparatus

Zeiss Ikon

Helsinki City Museum

Presentation of the AK8 narrow-film camera by Pentacon, June 1955

Höhne, Erich & Pohl, Erich (Herstellung) (Fotograf)

Deutsche Fotothek

Bell & Howell Perpetua Zoomatic

Bell and Howell, Chicago, Ill.

Technoseum

Explanation of the film screening system by Emile Timan

Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Revere Power Zoom

Revere Camera Co., Chicago, IL

Technoseum

Bolex B 8

Paillard S. A., Yverdon

Technoseum

Nikkorex-8

Nihon-Kogaku, Tokyo

Technoseum

Filmcamera met tas

Documentation centre Dr. M., Brussels, vzw

Bell & Howell Magazine Camera 172

Bell and Howell, Chicago, Ill.

Technoseum

Bauer 8

Eugen Bauer GmbH, Stuttgart

Technoseum

Bolex C 8 L

Paillard S. A., Yverdon

Technoseum

Renato Tagliani with a projector takes back his daughter who plays on the ground in the li…

Cinecittà - Luce

Bauer 88 RS

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart / Geschäftsbereich Photokino

Technoseum

Ratzeburg. Rowing Academy. Karl Adam with a film camera filming the training of the rowing…

Hildebrand, Gustav (Herstellung) (Fotograf)

Deutsche Fotothek

Ambassadors conference

Hilscher, Albert

Austrian National Library

Pathé 9,5 Filmkamera

Technoseum

Pan Cinor "70" & "100" mit Reflex-Sucher 2 Objektive mit veränderlicher Brennweite für 16-…

Technoseum

Actor Serge Reggiani in the living room of the house actor Serge Reggiani in the living ro…

Cinecittà - Luce

Agfa Movex S Automatik

Agfa-Gevaert-Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen / Camera-Werk, München

Technoseum

Fujica Single-8 P 1

Fuji Photo Film Company, Tokyo

Technoseum

Bauer A 506

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart / Geschäftsbereich Photokino

Technoseum

Filmkamera

Bolex Paillard

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Roger Rössing with a friend while filming

Rössing, Roger & Rössing, Renate (Herstellung) (Fotograf)

Deutsche Fotothek

Filmkamera

Minolta Camera CO LTD

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Agfa family

Agfa-Camera-Werk, München

Technoseum

Projector - GELUIDSCAMERA Eastman Kodak Co. - USA

Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Colleague with a Film Camera

Burman, Roland

Naval Museum

Eumig mini 5

Eumig Elektrizitäts- und Metallwaren-Industrie Gesellschaft m.b.H., Wien

Technoseum

Projector - FILMCAMERA Eumig - A

Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Filmkamera

Elmo Co, Ltd

Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology

Light industry, including IHAGEE camera factory Dresden, narrow film camera, small picture…

Höhne, Erich & Pohl, Erich (Herstellung) (Fotograf)

Deutsche Fotothek

Projector - GELUIDSCAMERA Bell & Howell CO - USA

Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Fujica Single-8 Z450

Museon-Omniversum

filmcamera

Museon-Omniversum

KAMERA

Jamtli

[Unpublished item]
ON LOCATION: A Day's Filming With Group 5

Ronald Miller

National Library of Scotland

Projector - FILMCAMERA

Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Čičmany. Akt-Pleinair 1980. Unknown photographer with narrow film camera

Rössing, Renate & Rössing, Roger (Herstellung) (Fotograf)

Deutsche Fotothek

FILMKAMERA

Jamtli

Canon 1014 XL-S - Super 8 Filmkamera | Kamera

Cooperation Initiative Museums Basel-Country

[PICTURE OF PICTURES]

National Library of Scotland

Super 8 film cassette

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Super 8 film camera

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Super 8 film camera (details)

C2DH, University of Luxembourg

Super 8 film camera in hand

C2DH, University of Luxembourg