Reel, film
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0397.008
- MANUFACTURER
- PAILLARD BOLEX
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Switzerland
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 8
- Total Parts
- 21
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 2.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 7.2 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Cine cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PAILLARD
- Country
- Switzerland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS CAMERA WAS PROBABLY USED FROM THE LATE 1950S TO THE 1980S BY MR. H. EASTWOOD, FATHER OF DONOR
- Canada
-
MR. EASTWOOD WAS A SERIOUS AMATEUR CINEMATOGRAPHER, ORIGINALLY FROM ENGLAND, BUT RETIRED TO PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AT THE END OF HIS LIFE. HE MADE WILDLIFE FILMS FOR THE BBC AND FOR UN FAMINE RELIEF. HE FILMED IN AFRICA; THE NWT AND ALASKA; AND MEXICO; AS WELL AS OTHER PLACES IN N. AMERICA. - Function
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USED TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES ON FILM. - Technical
-
THE PAILLARD-BOLEX WAS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR "AMATEUR" CINE CAMERAS IN USE IN THE 1950S. THE REFLEX, INTRODUCED IN 1956, INCLUDED A "REVOLUTIONARY REFLEX SYSTEM" WHICH ALLOWED VIEWING & FOCUSSING THROUGH THE LENS BEFORE AS WELL AS DURING SHOOTING. IT WAS ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR TITLING, SPECIAL EFFECTS & EXTREME CLOSE-UPS [REF 1]. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Printed on top: ‘Bolex/ paillard/ MADE IN SWITZERLAND'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Black matte paint with white printing
- Decoration
- N/A
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PAILLARD BOLEX, Reel, film, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0397, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0397.008/
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