From the infancy of the motion picture industry through the first world war, Pathé Freres, established in Paris, France in 1896 by brothers Charles, Émile, Théophile, and Jacques, was the largest producer of films and filmmaking equipment in the world. The brothers got their start in the phonograph business, and later expanded into the emerging film industry. The Pathé Professional camera was available commercially sometime in 1908 and dominated the industry until World War I severely impacted Pathé’s export market. In late 2024 I was absolutely thrilled when a client entrusted this Pathé camera into my care for restoration and to find it a new, permanent home. We estimate that this camera was made sometime around 1915, so it seemed a perfect match for this similar-vintage tripod made by the Motion Picture Apparatus Company. The camera is now complete and ready to find a new, loving home! You should read all about the history of Pathé and about our process of restoring this camera at https://ln.run/Q_u5J #CameraGear #pathe #cameras #35mm