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Right: The first "safety film" (slow burning film) released in 1912 for use on the
Pathe KOK 28mm Home Movie Projector. Note the three sprocket holes per
frame on one side, and the one hole per frame on the other.
But projector sales were slow; cost was a factor, together with
strong opposition from both cinema exhibitors and producers to the idea
of home movies. Then World War I had its effect and the dreams of
commercial success faltered. At the Kodak Research Laboratory in
Rochester New York, J.G. Capstaff was very keen to create a cheap Home
Movie system and continued to experiment with a "reversal" process to
reduce the cost of film making. His aim was to produce a positive image
directly from the camera, thus eliminating the cost of a negative film and
the printing costs involved in making a positive print. This would provide
a substantial saving.
Below: The 22mm Eastman Kodak Safety Film for use in Edison's Home Kineto-
scope Projector. This triple image film with sprocket holes between each row of
images, was projected forward (head to tail) on channel one. The gate and
lamphouse were then racked over to project the second
channel from tail to head, then again racked over to
show the third channel.
Right: Edison’s
Three Channel
Home Kinetoscope
projector of 1912.
Left: The Pathe Baby 9.5mm
home movie projector,
released in December 1922.
Right: The Pathe Baby
9.5mmCamera released
December 1923.
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