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Introductory* Note
THE national film library committee have laid main stress on the acquisition of films, since no other body is undertaking their preservation on an organised basis. The Library, however, collects apparatus, books, playbills, musical scores, and material oj any kind relating to the early history of the Cinema. The nucleus of such a collection has been provided by Mr. Townley Searle, who has kindly loaned to the Library the bulk of the objects listed in this section. All items belong to the Townley Searle collection except where otherwise indicated.
Early Apparatus
i . An eighteenth century toy, comprising coloured engraved views on a linen roller band. Date, about 1790.
MAGIC LANTERN APPARATUS AND ACCESSORIES
2. An opaque picture projection lantern for use with oil lamp, made by Kruss of Hamburg; also a series of pictures for use with same.
3. A Flying Carrier for magic lantern slides. Date, about 1892.
4. A collection of movable and rotating lantern slides, designed to give movement to lantern pictures.
c. A German torch-battery projector with eight strips of lithographed film slides. Made by the E. P. Co., Germany.
EARLY OPTICAL TOYS
6. Three zoetropes and a collection of strips for use with same.
7. Two praxinoscopes, with stands, and paper strips for same.
8. A collection of thaumotrope pictures.
9. A collection of phenakistoscope discs by Giroux, Forrester and Nichol, John Dunn, etc.
MOVING PICTURE APPARATUS
10. Four spools of "Kinora" pictures. Date, about 1900.
11. Cinematographic de Salon: a French machine similar to Edison's Kinetoscope, for viewing endless bands of film from go to i^o ft. in length. Also 22 coloured bands and 13 black-and-white bands for use with same.
12. An early American projector for use with oil lamp.
13. A Paul's Animatograph projector. Date, about 1900.
14. A Biokam combined camera, projector and printer for 17.5 mm. film, centrally perforated. Date, about 1900. Donated by Mr. Ronald Fairfoull.
ic. A Kinokam, a machine for the taking and viewing of a ring of pictures on a sensitised disc. Designed by S. H. Crocker. Date, 1904.
16. A Power's projector. Date, about 1906.
17. A camera-projector-printer, with dog movement. Possibly made by the Prestwich Co. Date, about 1907.
18. An Urban bioscope projector. Date, about 1910.
19. A Pathe K.O.K. projector for 28 mm. safety film. Date, about 1920. Purchased by the Library.
20. A Campro camera-projector. Date, about 1930.
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