Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera: Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures

Tom is introduced to a moving picture promoter, James "Spotty" Period, who engages Tom to build a revolutionary electric powered motion picture camera and travel the world to film spectacular newsreel films to show in theaters. Tom invents the Wizrd camera and constructs a new airship, the Flyer. Tom and his friends are off to India to film wildlife and must overcome the nefarious plans of rival motion picture promoters (Tom Swift Unofficial Home Page).