This motion picture camera 

 is smaller and lighter than the 

 professional machine and re- 

 quires no tripod. It is aimed 

 from the shoulder through an 

 open finder. The substitu- 

 tion of a motor-drive for the 

 hand crank makes it possible 

 to follow the movements of an 

 object. Current is supplied 

 from batteries in the pocket 



Home-Made Paper Motion Pictures 



A safe and sane method by which you can make 

 the pictures and exhibit them to your friends 



By Max Fleischer 



be entirely familiar with his machine and 

 its dependent devices. Thousands of feet 

 of highly combustible film must be driven 

 directly across the path of the blazing 

 arc-lamp's concentrated rays. The speed 

 of the film itself is all that keeps it from 

 being instantly consumed. Failure of the 

 drop-shutter, as the film slows down, would 

 result in a blaze. The operator must be 

 specially trained. As a rule, theater pro- 

 jection machines are quite safe — that is, 

 safe in the hands of an experienced operator. 

 In view of all the knowledge and ex- 

 perience required to go from A to Z in 

 the production and projection of motion 

 pictures, considerable credit is due Mr. 

 Hartwell W. Webb of New York, inventor 

 of the home projector and camera, for his 

 success in simplifying and reducing the cost 

 of the process. In addition to making 

 its operation safe, he has practically suc- 

 ceeded in leveling the complete apparatus 

 to the home basis of the phonograph. 



Mr. Webb has produced not only a 



motion picture camera which is almost as 



simple in operation as the kodak, but also a 



projector which requires little more 



knowledge to operate than the 



magic lantern. All fire 



danger has been eliminated 



by the perfection of a paper 



film. Incidentally, he has 



found the paper film to 



be far more durable and 



economical than the 



celluloid. 



His camera, which 



WHY is the phonograph in every 

 home, but not the motion picture? 

 Chiefly, because celluloid films are 

 highly inflammable, because rooms must 

 be darkened, because screens must be set 

 up, in a word because elaborate prepara- 

 tions must be made. The making of 

 motion pictures is hardly within the pos- 

 sibilities of the average amateur. In pro- 

 fessional motion picture photography, ex- 

 tremely accurate mechanisms are employed 

 at almost every step. Perfect results 

 depend on the accuracy, judgment and 

 experience of experts. 



The expert camera man is not called 

 upon to develop his film. Developing 

 processes are often as unfamiliar 

 to the photographer, as pho 

 tography is to the de- 

 veloper. Fixing and 

 drying the film is a 

 separate branch of 

 the process. Print- 

 ing of positive film 

 from the negative 

 pequires the at- 

 tention of skilled 

 mechanics who 

 may be entirely 

 ignorant of cam- 

 era work or 

 developing. 



Projection of the 

 completed film is a 

 mystery to almost th 

 entire productive force; 

 for some knowledge of 

 electricity and arc-light- 

 ing is necessary. The 

 operator must be alert 

 and cautious. He must 



End section of spring 

 belt reduced, forms a 

 threaded engagement 



Interior of the camera. The feed 

 magazine will accommodate 100 

 feet of film which is advanced 

 by means of a single claw drive 



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A spring belt, reduced 

 at one end to fit the 

 opposite end of the 

 belt, makes a threaded 

 flexible engagement 



