General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 PROBABLY ALUMINUM AND STEEL; GLASS SCREEN; SYNTHETIC KNOBS/.2 GLASS, METAL WITH CARDSTOCK PACKAGING

Dimensions

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

Length

18.0 cm

Width

15.0 cm

Height

25.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Zeiss

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S

Canada

ORIGINAL OWNER, HOWARD EASTWOOD, WAS A SERIOUS AMATEUR CINEMATOGRAPHER. ORIGINALLY FROM ENGLAND, HE RETIRED TO PEI. HE MADE WILDLIFE FILMS FOR THE BBC AND FOR UN FAMINE RELIEF IN AFRICA. HE FILMED IN AFRICA, MEXICO, AND N. AMERICA [REF 2]

Function

USED TO VIEW A CINE FILM IN THE FIRST STAGES OF EDITING. USEFUL TO ASSEMBLE SHOTS IN THE RIGHT ORDER FOR EDITING A LENGTH LATER ON.

Technical

A RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE AND SIMPLE VIEWER FOR PRELIMINARY EDITING OF CINE FILM

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 MOLDED IN BODY BELOW SCREEN: 'MOVISCOP/ ZEISS/ IKON/ Made in Germany'/ MFG'S PLATE ON BOTTOM: 'Zeiss Ikon Moviscop/ prim: 120v 0,3 amp sec:Lamp 25v 1amp 60c/ CSA/ CAUTION/ DISCONNECT SUPPLY CORD/ BEFORE OPENING'/.2 STAMPED IN BASE: 'OSRAM GERMANY 8203 25V 1A 166'/ ON PACKAGING: 'Q.100DC/ 125V 100W'/ HANDWRITTEN: 'EDITOR/ VIEWER LAMPS'

Missing

WOULD HAVE TOBE OPERATED WITH A FILM REWINDER.

Finish

.1 BLACK TEXTURED FINISH/.2 UNCOLORED GLASS BULB; SILVER COLOURED BASE

Decoration

N/A