Gaumont Chronochrome camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: L. Gaumont & Cie.
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1912
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm cine
IMAGE SIZE: 14 x 24 mm (3)
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: early color system
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  film, silent
  color
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: special triple taking lens for red, green, & blue images
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  The Gaumont Chronochrome is a three-color additive projector first
  demonstrated at the Société Français de Photographie on November 15,
  1912. The system consists of a special three-lens camera and
  corresponding projector. The camera records three images (14x24mm)
  simultaneously through red, green, and blue filters on a single strip
  of 35mm fikm. This is accomplished by a nine perforation pull down.
  The projection lens has adjustments for registration for the upper
  (green) lower lens (blue); the center lens (red) is fixed.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: G270.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Coe, Brian. --The History of Movie Photography.-- Eastview Editions, 1981. p 121.//