Aeroscope

Aeroscope was a type of compressed air camera for making films, constructed by Polish inventor Kazimierz Prószyński in 1909 (French patent from 10 April 1909) and built in England since 1911,[1] at first by Newman & Sinclair,[2] and from 1912 by Cherry Kearton Limited.

Patented in England in 1910 by the Polish inventor Kazimierz Prószyński,[1] Aeroscope was the first successful hand-held operated film camera.

This made it possible to film with the Aeroscope hand-held in difficult field circumstances, from airplanes, and for military purposes.

Aeroscope has been used among others by Arthur Herbert Malins recognized by Kelly (1997, Page 60) as “the most famous of the war cinematographers” who used it at the battle of the Somme.

However, even by the beginning of World War II, some of the improved Aeroscope cameras were in use by the British combat cameramen.