 The phonograph division along with the film industries of the company allowed Pathé Frères to become an international company with offices in Russia and the United States.They had purchased all the rights to the films of George Méliès as well as the Lumiere Brothers' cine camera/projector patents within the first decade of the twentieth century.Pathé created an improved studio camera that ruled the market in Europe and America as well as making his own film stock.