Kazimierz Prószyński

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Kazimierz Prószyński (4 April 1875 – 13 March 1945), born in Warsaw, Poland, was a Polish inventor active in the field of cinema. He patented his first film camera, called Pleograph (in Polish spelling: Pleograf), before the Lumière brothers, and later went on to improve the cinema projector for the Gaumont company, as well as invent the widely used hand-held Aeroscope camera.

04-04-1874

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Warsaw, Poland

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04-04-1874

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Warsaw, Poland

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The Return of a Merry Fellow

First narrative polish film. The janitor sweeps the pavement in front of the tenement house. A carriage comes with a rather solidly inserted young man. He is well-dressed but has lost all his strength. Merry Fellow needs help.

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1902

Cabman's Adventure

One of the two oldest known films made in Poland, with the other being The Return of a Merry Fellow, also made in 1902.

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1902

Street Traffic in Front of Mickiewicz’s Monument

Lost film by Kazimierz Prószyński. The film presented about street traffic in front of Mickiewicz’s monument in Warsaw.

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1902

Ujazdów Avenue

Lost film by Kazimierz Prószyński. A shot of people walking on Ujazdow Avenue.

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1896

Franciscan Street

Lost film by Kazimierz Prószyński. A shot of people walking on Franciscan Street.

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1895

Children Playing in the Garden

A group of children is playing in the garden.

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1894

Skating-rink in the Royal Baths

The film was about a group of Polish ice skaters at the slide of the Warsaw Ice Skating Society. The film was filmed using a pleograph which was an early type of the movie camera invented by Kazimierz Prószyński.

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1894