9.5mm film
In December 1922 Pathé brought out the small film system Pathé Baby . It consisted of the Pathé-Baby home projector , accessories and commercially available reduction copies of productions from the company's own film rental company . It is the 9.5 mm film ( nine and a half ), thirds of the older Pathé-Kok film with a width of 28.5 millimeters (1.125 "). The raw film is cut to the nominal width of 9.525 mm. The central perforation enables it to be used almost the entire width of the film.
In 1923, Pathé launched the 9.5 mm Pathé-Baby film camera , a simple crank device with a controlled gripper and guillotine shutter for nine meters of film in Bakelite sheet steel loaders. The inexpensive camera was widely used in France, England, Germany and Switzerland. In Germany, the agency was in Düsseldorf, the apparatus was called "Pathé-Kinlein".
In 1919-20, Charles Pathé and George Eastman had discussed the vast, untapped home market and had agreed that only safety film would be circulated should activities take place. 9.5 mm film was invariably security material, whereas 16 mm film was temporarily used in the USSR on a flammable carrier .
Because 9.5 mm film is a hard-wearing film format and enables an exceptionally high level of material utilization, this format is still produced and used by film amateurs from 16 mm raw film today.
9.5 mm film from various manufacturers
- Pathé , Vincennes
- Lumière , Lyon
- Eastman-Kodak , Chalon-sur-Saone
- Ferrania , Italy
- Perutz , Munich
- Gevaert , Mortsel: Ortho Reversal, 23 ° Scheiner, Anti-halo 100%; Panchro Super Reversal, 26 ° Scheiner; Panchro Microgran Reversal, 23 ° Scheiner; Positive; Duplicating Negative, Duplicating Reversal (all 1942)
literature
- Jacques Kermabon: Pathé. Premier empire du cinéma. Eds Center Georges Pompidou, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-85850-793-7 (exhibition catalog, Paris, Center National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, October 26, 1994 - March 6, 1995).
