9.5mm/28mm
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Projector Drive Belts for 8mm, 9.5mm, & 16mm projectors
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 Charles Pathe
Died 25th December 1957
on his 94th birthday
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Pathé made a first attempt at home cinema in 1911 - this was 28mm
The film had three perforations on the left, and one perforation on the right side per frame
A feature of the 28mm K.O.K. projector was that it had dynamo lighting
supplying a voltage to a 6volt projector lamp
A clever idea as a lot of buildings at this time only had gas lighting
The 28mm KOK system proved a commercial success - not only in the home, but in schools, churches and clubs
By 1918 over 10,000 machines had been sold and over
25,000,000 feet of positive film had been produced
During World War 1 production of 28mm equipment in France ceased
The gauge continued in the U.K, the USA and Canada
All production stopped in 1920
The 9.5mm film gauge, was introduced at Christmas 1922 in France with a hand cranked projector the
Pathe-Baby
By means of notches in the film a mechanism was set into motion in the projector by which certain images - titles or close-ups - could be frozen for a few seconds.
The following year the Pathéscope company in the UK (who had previously imported Pathé phonographs, record players and the early and bulky 28mm KOK movie projector) launched the same projector
Soon a matching hand-turned camera arrived and 9.5mm movies were here to stay!
The 9.5mm home movie gauge was more popular in the UK than France
This was probably because in the 1930's (the boom time for 9.5mm) the UK had more disposable income and 9.5mm sales were probably highest in the UK
Certainly it would appear so from the volume of 9.5mm films and equipment still turning up today in the UK
 28mm film
Frame size 19mm X 14mm running at a speed of
20.5 frames per foot. 1.17ft per second
Photo courtesy Bernard Tonks
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 Pathescope KOK 28mm projector 1912
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9.5mm silent film
Frame size approx 8.5mm X 7mm
41 frames per foot/16 frames per second
Approx 4.5 inches per second
22.5ft per min
60ft of film runs approx 2.66 mins
(I think my maths are correct, but they are not my strong point)
 The famous Pathe Ace 1936 to 1960
On sale in the early 1950s for £7.00
Used a 20V,8W SES lamp
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 The simple workings of the Ace projector
Solid brass gearing
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 Pathe Gem Projector
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 Pathescope 200B
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 Pathescope Baby Projector fitted with Super Attachment Spoolarms c1931
This enabled the use of 900ft reels of 9.5mm film
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 Pathescope Vox Type V Sound/Silent
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 Pathe Baby 9.5mm Projector Advert 1920s
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 Comete 600 on sale in the 1970s
Photo from
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Pathescope Junior 9.5mm cement splicer circa 1958