9.5mm Pathé-Baby camera and projector

France, 1922

ACMI Collection. Donated by Martin Hudson

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI.

The Pathé-Baby camera and projector was an inexpensive and easy-to-use amateur film system introduced in 1922. It used 9.5mm film with central perforations. This unique film width made it easy to duplicate commercial films for home use, and the hand-cranked projector took up to 60 feet of film.

The portability and simplicity of the Pathé-Baby made the system widely popular internationally. This one was used by pioneering Australian aviator John Robertson Duigan MC to document early aviation and his home life. Having built the first Australian-made aircraft, Duigan definitely had something worth capturing.

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9.5mm Pathé-Baby camera and camera box

France, c. 1922

9.5mm Pathé-Baby projector

France, c. 1922

Footage filmed by Australian aviation pioneer John Robertson Duigan (c.1920s) using this 9.5mm Pathé-Baby camera.

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On display until

16 February 2031

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

manufacturer

Pathé Frères

Production places
France
Production dates
1922

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Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-04. Materiality → MI-04-C01

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