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Dominique De Bast
Film God

Posts: 4486
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted November 02, 2016 02:39 PM

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Tres-rare-Camera-17-5mm-Pathe-Rural-Format-condamne-en-juin-1941/152304681720?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1 %26asc%3D39923%26meid%3D23ec2c68d8194f06a5875997ef75c2f0%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D162227239991

[ November 03, 2016, 05:09 PM: Message edited by: Dominique De Bast ]

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Paul Mason
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Aldershot, Hampshire, UK
Registered: Nov 2013

posted November 03, 2016 05:05 PM

It appears to be a very rare camera that could easily be mistaken for a 9.5 Pathe Motocamera. It seems unlikely that was marketed in the UK. A few Pathescope Rex 17.5 silent projectors and 17.5 Talkie projectors exist of course.

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Dominique De Bast
Film God

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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted November 03, 2016 06:02 PM

Rare, indeed, Paul. This gauge has been banned during WWII by the nazis. A man founded an hidden 17.5 film in the ceiling of his house during works. As he had no projector, he converted a 16 mm one to 17.5 but it took him three years to achieve that. The page telling this story is in French but there are nice pictures : http://vivicinema.blogspot.be/2011/12/le-format-175-mm.html

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Paul Mason
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Aldershot, Hampshire, UK
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posted November 04, 2016 04:51 AM

Thanks Dominique. Although my French is not good I read the story using a surprisingly good translation provided by Google Chrome.

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Luigi Castellitto
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Campobasso, Italy
Registered: Jun 2013

posted November 08, 2016 07:28 PM

Very nice format, even for troubled history.
Too bad it's so rare, the space impressed on film is very large, the definition is fantastic.

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