General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

4

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Cylindrical cardboard tube has silver metal threaded collar at one end; dark grey foam padding stuffed into opposite end of tube. Off-white adhesive-backed tape covers exterior of tube.

Dimensions

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

Length

13.7 cm

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

5.7 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine camera parts

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

Unknown

Canada

Owned and used by Canadian film maker Bill Mason, who achieved international recognition for his wilderness and canoeing documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s.

Function

To contain, protect and identify contents when not in use.

Technical

The Bill Mason collection consists of typical cameras and other equipment in the 16mm format widely used by documentary film makers in Canada in this period.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"Bill Mason/ Old Chelsea/ P.Q./ 1-819-827-2282" , "10 mm" and " 63mm [replacing over-struck '25 mm'] with/ Adaptor for Beaulieu" printed by hand in black marker on container "50 MM" and "Cine" printed by hand in black marker at repeating intervals on tube.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Cylindrical cardboard tube has silver metal threaded collar at one end; dark grey foam padding stuffed into opposite end of tube. Off-white adhesive-backed tape covers exterior of tube.

Decoration

N/A