General Information

Serial #

S6-31624

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CASE: WOOD WITH LEATHER TRIM & METAL HARDWARE WITH FABRIC LINING/ CAMERA: METAL CASE, LEATHER HANDLE; GLASS, METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PTS

Dimensions

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

Length

24.5 cm

Width

19.0 cm

Height

27.0 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

Auricon

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Hollywood

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1957 TO 1975 (BY DONOR & HIS FATHER)

Canada

EDWARD KOWALSKI (ORIGINAL OWNER) WAS AN AMATEUR DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER WHO MADE FILMS FOR THE POLISH-CANADIAN COMMUNITY IN TORONTO BETWEEN 1958 & 1973. ONE OF HIS FILMS HAS BEEN PRESERVED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (VIDEO REFERENCE LIB. #V1 8603-001) [REF.1 & 3].

Function

USED TO PRODUCE AN IMAGE ON UP TO 100 FT. OF FILM WITH SOUND

Technical

HIGH QUALITY 16MM SOUND-ON-FILM CAMERA FAVOURED BY AMATEURS & TV NEWS REPORTERS DUE TO SIZE, RELATIVE PORTABILITY & RAPID SET-UP. IT WAS PARTICULARLY SUITED TO SHORT DURATION REPORTING AS IT ONLY HANDLED 100 FT OF FILM. THE CINE-VOICE WAS THE MOST COMPACT OF THE AURICON LINE. PARTICULARLY POPULAR FROM EARLY 1950'S TO 60'S.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

CASE: PLATE- 'AURICON/ SOUND-ON-FILM RECORDING EQUIPMENT/ BERNDT-BACH, INC./ HOLLYWOOD/ CALIFORNIA/ MADE IN/ U.S.A./ Auricon/ Hollywood'/ CAMERA PLATE: 'AURICON/ CINE-VOICE/ 16MM SOUND-ON-FILM CAMERA/ MODEL CM-72A/ SERIAL NO. S6-31624/ 60 CYCLES/ 115 VOLTS/ BERNDT-BACH. INC./ HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ MOLDED ON BOTH SIDES: 'AURICON'

Missing

LENS/ COVER FOR LAMP ON CAMERA BACK

Finish

CASE: BLACK PAINT WITH WINE CORDOROY LINING/ CAMERA: GREY TEXTURED FINISH

Decoration

N/A