The Lens (1941)

No title - The lens. Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London. Various shots of camera lenses through the ages including cameras shaped like a rifle and binoculars. M/S of two young women in their bathing suits, one is filming behind a movie camera whilst the other is shouting instructions through a megaphone. Various shots of lenses, telescope and lighthouse. C/U of a woman with spectacles on reading a book, she takes them off and looks at the camera to show the lens of the eye. M/S of a diagram of the eye. Various diagrams show how a lens bends light. Another diagram shows how light passes through a camera to project the image upside down. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items f