General Information

Serial #

8979 [.1]

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL WITH SYNTHETIC EYEPIECE AND LEATHER HANDLE; LEATHER BAG WITH METAL HARDWARE;.2 TO.4 METAL WITH GLASS LENS;.2 CASE, CARDSTOCK

Dimensions

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

Length

21.5 cm

Width

11.0 cm

Height

17.5 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

PATHE

Country

France

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

CAMERA PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S

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 PRESERVEDBY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (VIDEO REF. LIB. #VI 8603-001) [SEE S.I. FILE FOR 930261]

Function

USED TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES ON FILM

Technical

GOOD REFLEX VIEWING CAMERA WITH A VERY DELICATE GLASS MIRROR 85 DEGREES IN THE PATH OF THE LIGHT (IMAGE). CAMERA ALLOWS FADES & DISSOLVES (REVERSE CRANK ON CAMERA SIDE), BUILT IN SECOND VIEWFINDER (OPTICAL), & SEVERAL SPEEDS [REF 2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PRINTED ON PLATES ON SIDE: 'PATHE/ 8 FRAMES PER TURN/ SPEEDS/ MADE IN FRANCE/ SUPER/ 16'/ PRINTED INSIDE FILM SECTION: 'BF.929282 BF.929 284/ BF.929291 BF.931206/ PV.477201 PV.41680/ PV.573699/ BP590427 BP.992557/ USP.2445288/ USP.PV.611154 Acc./ ET AUTRES BREVETS/ ETRANGERS/ 8929/ MADE IN FRANCE'/ MOLDED IN TAKE-UP SPOOL: 'CINE KODAK SPOOL/ PAT IN U.S.A./ 1,507,367'/.2 PRINTED AROUND LENS: 'SOM BERTHIOT N77960 CINOR 1:2,8 f=16/ [3 SCALES]/ FRANCE'/ ON CAP: 'SOM/ BERTHIOT'/.3 SAME AS.2 EXCEPT: 'L74241 P 1:1.8 f=25'/.4 SAME AS.2 EXCEPT: 'L34413 1:2 f=50'

Missing

SCREW TO HOLD EYEPIECE IS MISSING

Finish

.1 DARK GREY CRINKLE BODY; BLACK HANDLE AND BLACK PLATES WITH SHINY SILVER PRINTING ON BODY;.2 TO.4 CHROMED METAL WITH BLACK PRINTING; CASE: BROWN LEATHER WITH WHITE STITCHING;.2 BOX: NAVY WITH GOLD PRINTING

Decoration

.1 VERTICAL RIDGES MOLDED ON BOTH SIDES OF CAMERA; SHINY BLACK PLATES AFFIXED TO ONE SIDE