Last summer a friend passed onto me a most interesting leather case which had been in his family for many years having in turn been passed to his mother many years ago by a neighbour who was clearing out her own attic. the neighbour I believe was housekeeper to a naval commander, who had been on a tour of duty just before the outbreak of WW2. It would appear that the contents of the case - a Pathescope Motocamera, lenses, light meter, filters and several boxes of Pathescope 9.5mm cine film have remained untouched since that time. 2 of the cases of film are dated, by hand, "March '36" and "June '38". My friend thinks the naval officer was called Bishop and his ship may or may not have been HMS Hood. Intriguingly, the camera appears to contain another film, and the boxes appear to have been exposed, and never processed. It would be fantastic to see if they could still be developed and to view the films, unseen since they were shot in the 1930's!!
The clockwork Pathescope Motocamera was first built around 1930, but this model appears to have been pretty much new in 1936, as it is fitted with a socket in the lower part of the camera front with an attachment for holding additional lenses (known as the Roth version).
These are not images of the actual camera or meter.
I'll be contacting the Imperial war Museum about this and hope to have an update in the near future.
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