Pathé-Baby' movie camera

In the 1920s Pathé-Cinéma produced the small Pathé-Baby movie camera and a projector comparable to professional equipment. Their easy use, range of accessories and the marketing of a library of films and cartoons did much to bring cinema into the home. The economic 9.5 millimetres film format helped reduce costs and was crucial in the growth of amateur filmmaking. In the laboratory, the film’s development produced a direct positive image using non-corrosive, powdered products. Success was immediate, with a journalist writing in La Nature in 1926: ‘Already last summer, on beaches, at health resorts and in the country, many amateurs have filmed charming little scenarios that they edited themselves this winter and showed to their families to the delight of young and old.’