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OBJECT TYPE: NON-SOUND/MOTION
DATE: 1918
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1975.0451.001

MANUFACTURER: Bell & Howell Inc.
MODEL: STANDARD
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 240
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM CASINGS/ BRASS MECHANICS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 17.8 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Height: 49.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Cine cameras
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Bell Howell
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: TO PRESENT (1970S) BUT MAINLY EARLY 1900'S
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES ON CINE FILM.
Technical: FIRST MOTION PICTURE CAMERA DESIGNED & BUILT TO HIGH PRECISION STANDARDS. INTRODUCED IN 1912, B&H CINE CAMERA WAS THE MOST POPULAR MOTION PICTURE CAMERA IN USE BY 1920. IT EMPLOYED AN INTERMITTENT MOVEMENT WHICH RELEASED TENSION FROM THE FILM AS IT WAS PULLED DOWN, AND APPLIED TENSION TO THE PRESSURE PLATE AS THE FILM WAS EXPOSED AT THE APERATURE. IT WAS EXTREMELY DURABLE, AND PRODUCED A REMARKABLY STEADY PICTURE ON THE SCREEN. (REF.2 P.116)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: FILM MAGAZINES
Finish: BLACK CRINKLE
Decoration: N/A

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Bell & Howell Inc., Camera, circa 1918, Artifact no. 1975.0451, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0451.001/

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