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Title: The Pocket-Chrono Camera
Date Created and/or Issued: 2015-04-07T19:59:09Z
Publication Information: Chapman University Digital Commons
Contributing Institution: Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Jonathan Silent Film Collection
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Description: Information on The Pocket-Chrono, the first Clockwork driven amateur film camera; it makes use of the Demeny “dog” (beater-type) movement. Page on the Pocket-Chrono in poor condition, ca. 1900? [Georges Emile Joseph Démény developed his invention in France and patented in 1895, which was used by Gaumont.] With the page is an envelope addressed to Berndt-Bach, Inc., with contents of [original] package listed; other items not present.
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: http://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/jonathan_silent_film/1519
Subject: Pocket-Chrono film camera
Film and Media Studies
Film Production
Source: Jonathan Silent Film Collection

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