POWERS CAMERAGRAPH No. 6 35mm
A recent donation to the Collection this exhibit is creating a lot of interest. Little is known about this projector at present but research is taking place with a view to restoring it to a workable condition.

This model is incomplete, having no spool boxes or other attachments.

Nicholas Power built his first projector, the Peerlescope, in 1902. It had gaslight for illumination and ran 300ft of 35mm film which, after projection, dropped into a cloth bag from where it was retrieved for rewinding.

The Cameragraph No. 6 was produced in 1909, spool boxes were in use by that time. Powers' claim to fame was in 1904 when he invetnted a 'framing device' where the picture coul,dbe centred on the screen without having to stop the projector.

In 1915 Powers' projectors could be bought for a little over $200 including an arc lamp, but not a lens. Powers succumbed at the time of the 'talkies' as the new sound heads were designed for other projector mechanisms, for example, Simplex. Powers did receive a sound head application but it was awkward in its configuration. Brockliss sold Powers projectors and stocked parts right up to the 1940s.