General Information

Serial #

81045

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BODY; GLASS LENS; SYNTHETIC PADDING; LEATHER HANDLE

Dimensions

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

Length

51.0 cm

Width

34.5 cm

Height

32.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine camera accessories

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Auricon

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Hollywood

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1930S AND 1940S

Canada

EDWARD KOWALSKI (ORIGINAL OWNER) WAS AN AMATEUR DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKER 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 REF. LIB. #VI 8603-001) [SEE S.I. FILE FOR 930261]

Function

USED AS A HOUSING TO SURROUND A FILM CAMERA WHEN IT IS USED TO RECORD SCENES INVOLVING DIALOGUE, AND WHICH PREVENTS THE NOISE OF THE CAMERA FROM BEING SUPERIMPOSED ON THE RECORDED SOUND.

Technical

WHEN SOUND RECORDING ON FILM BECAME POSSIBLE A METHOD HAD TO BE DEVELOPED TO TRY TO ELIMINATE THE SOUND THE CAMERA ITSELF MADE SO AS NOT TO RECORD THIS EXTRANEOUS SOUND.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON BACK OF BLIMP: 'AURICON/ SOUND-ON-FILM RECORDING EQUIPMENT/ VOLTS MODEL CKSB-30/ CYCLE SER. NO 81045/ WATTS TRACK/ RCA LICENSED Auricon/ Hollywood/ BERNDT-BACH INC./ HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA MADE IN U.S.A.'/ PLATE ON BACK OF VIEWFINDER: 'AURICON/ AUTO PARALLAX VIEW RANGE FINDER/ MODEL EIF 20 NO 1613/ BERNDT BACH, INC., HOLLYWOOD, CALIF./ MADE IN U.S.A. U.S. PATENT 2,506,764/ WITHOUT MATTE, FINDER INDICATES/ PROJECTOR APERTURE COVERED BY/ LENS OF 17mm FOCUS/ LIFT MATTES UP AND OUT/ Auricon/ Hollywood'/ ON TOP: 'NOTICE/ FOR 16MM CAMERA ONLY/AUTO-PARALLAX CORRECT FOR/6.000 INCHES DISPLACEMENT/ BETWEEN CENTERS OF CAMERA/ AND FINDER *

Missing

INTERNAL PADDING FOR CAMERA NEEDS REPAIR

Finish

TEXTURED BLACK BODY; BLACK MFG PLATES WITH SILVER PRINTING; BLACK HANDLE

Decoration

HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL RIDGES MOLDED IN SIDES