Debrie Parvo L 'Ufa'

in the 1920’s und 30’s the Parvo L was one of the most popular tools among professional cameramen, its compact design and its reliability made it the first choice for newsreel as well as for feature films. The offered camera is part of the estate of the late Austrian film producer Kurt Miksch and was used at the news department of Ufa and Selenophon (Austrian newsreel agency). The Parvo L was the most advanced camera of its time. Since it had an extremely accurate film movement the camera could also be used to shoot in reverse. Together with the sophisticated mechanical fader this technical feature allowed to cross dissolve two shots on the set – a big advantage at a time that did hardly know any post production! The offered Parvo has never been restored and is in the original used condition. As can be told by the circular reseller label on the right side, the camera was originally sold by the Schatzow company of Berlin. It comes with a hand crank, an attached electric motor, 2x 60m magazines and 6 reels of 35mm positive film that was shot with this very camera: (1) 3 German newsreels from 1930, (2) one reel showing Hindenburg’s state funeral followed by the inauguration of the German Wehrmacht and a parade for Benito Mussolini, (3) one single reel labelled „Vollgas durch die Alpen“ (at full throttle across the Alps) and (4) one Austrian post-war newsreel „Welt im Bild Nr. 138“.