35mm Motion Picture Camera Hand Cranked Andre Debrie Parvo Circa 1920's

Description

International Cinema Equipment
A Division of
Magna-Tech Electronic Co. Inc
is pleased to present for your consideration
De Brie
Le Parvo
Hand Cranked Silent Era
35mm
Studio Cine Camera
Circa 1920's
From the Golden Age of  "Silents "
If you require a quality 35mm De Brie Le Parvo
Motion Picture Camera
to add to your collection or for that
Special
Display look no further!
Bid on this operational
Rare
De Brie
Le Parvo
Camera
It is in good condition mechanically.
The case is good
with some
minor
marring.
The Crank is not original.
Photos are typical of Several in stock
There is a lens included but its only for display
Background
The
Parvo was a 35mm motion picture camera
was developed in France by Andre Debrie.
The patent was registered in 1908 by his father, Joseph D Debrie.
The camera was relatively compact for its time. It was hand-cranked, as were its predecessors.
To aid the camera operator in cranking at the correct speed, the camera had a built in tachometer. .
The Parvo held up to 120 metres (390 ft) of film inside without the need for an external film magazine,
yielding almost 6 minutes of film when cranked at the standard 16 frames per second silent film rate.
It allowed the camera operator to focus the camera lens but – as all other cine cameras of its era –
had a side optical viewfinder to be used during actual filming.
The Parvo was immensely popular in Europe during the silent film era, straight through the 1920s.
Directors who relied on the camera included Dziga Vertov, Abel Gance, Leni Riefanstahl, and Sergei
Eisenstein.
The latter's cinematographer, Eduard Tisse
, would use the camera into the sound era,
i.e. filming the dueling sequence in Alexander Nevsky
. Vertov animated a Debrie Parvo as mechanical protagonist and used it to
make several hand-held sequences in his 1929 documentary, Man with a Movie Camera .
These type of  Legacy Silent Era Production Cameras were manufactured
from 1916 thru 1918.
It found  a market in the Theatrical,
Educational,  and
Newsreel business.
In the early days they
found great favor with a many
Cinematographers in Europe .
They are getting extremely difficult to find .
As for a Display piece is speaks for itself!
If you
are DP or were involved in the
Motion Picture
industry
and a have passion about the film business
this may be the camera for your collection.
This camera is all original example.
This camera has been fully serviced in our shops
tested and could be put into
service.
Consult our other sales or call us concerning these items.
If you are DP or have been in the business
this is the camera you want for display.
It is ICONIC and is a superior example of the Silent Era
"Golden Age" Camera
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a Division of
Magna-Tech Electronic Co. Inc.
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