A film transport device in a camera is provided with a fork shaft for rotating a film wind shaft in a film patrone, a spool shaft for taking up a film, a drive shaft located between the spool shaft and the fork shaft and movable almost in parallel with the film advance direction and in the axial direction to be rotated forward and backward by a drive source, a first connecting shaft located coaxially with the drive shaft and movably in the axial direction to be integrally rotated in engagement with the drive shaft and engaged with the fork shaft through a helical spur gear, and a second connecting shaft located coaxially with the drive shaft and movably in the axial direction, and engaged with the spool shaft through a helical spur gear to rotationally drive the spool shaft in correlation to the rotation of the drive shaft.