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37: 93:. Filming with Aeroscope, a cameraman did not have to turn the crank to advance the material filming, as in all cameras of that time, so he could operate the camera with both hands, holding the camera and controlling the focus. This made it possible to film with the Aeroscope hand-held in most difficult circumstances, as well as made possible to film 29: 249: 125:
recognized by Kelly (1997, Page 60) as “the most famous of the war cinematographers” who used it at the battle of the Somme. As several of the cameramen died filming from the firing lines Aeroscope got a name of
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and, once pressurised, could work with no further pumping for up to 10 minutes. The Aeroscope was known for its simplicity and reliability.
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built an improved version of his camera, with an air pressure meter, but the more practical spring cameras like
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pumped before filming into the camera with a simple hand pump, similar to the one we still use to
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cameramen all over world, until the late 1920s. Aeroscope has been used among others by
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in 1909 (French patent from 10 April 1909) and built in England since 1911, at first by
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This article is about the camera. For the UAV operation surveillance system, see
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Hundreds of light and relatively compact Aeroscope cameras were used by the
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Geoffrey Malins
World War I
compressed air
Polish
Kazimierz Prószyński
Newman & Sinclair
Polish
Kazimierz Prószyński
compressed air
pump bicycle tyres
from airplanes
35mm film
British War Office
World War I
newsreel
Arthur Herbert Malins
Prószyński
Eyemo
Bolex
World War II
Eyemo
Konvas
Filmo
Debrie Parvo


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