apparatus [ap-uh-rat-uhs]
ap·pa·rat·us [ap-uh-rat-uhs] noun
A combination of instruments, machinery, or tools built for a particular purpose. Early cinema: the trade's term for its cameras, projectors, and printers. "The director yelled 'Camera!' and the cameraman began cranking his apparatus."
Hand-cranked motion picture cameras of the silent era, and the stories behind them.
Pathé-Frères KOK 28mm Cine Camera
“No elaborate directions are needed. There is even an automatic indicator showing just the right speed at which to turn the crank.”
— 28mm Pathé-Frères KOK Cine Camera Operations Manual