General Information

Serial #

36527

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASING; GLASS OPTICS; SYNTHETIC CARTRIDGE & PARTS/.2 CARDBOARD, STYROFOAM PADDING

Dimensions

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

Length

20.0 cm

Width

13.8 cm

Height

24.0 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

Bell Howell

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1965-1972

Canada

PURCHASED APPROXIMATELY 1964 FOR PERSONAL USE OF DONOR & HIS FAMILY, USED ACROSS CANADA.

Function

DEVICE USED TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES IN TWO DIMENSIONAL FORMAT.

Technical

ADVERTISED AS LATEST VERSION OF SELF-THREADING AUTOLOAD WITH SPROCKET SLIPPAGE TO PREVENT FILM DAMAGE & A 17-27 MM F. 1.8 ZOOM LENS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 SILVER & BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READS "Bell & Howell/ ZOOM REFLEX"; BLACK LETTERING ON SIDE READS "ANIMATION/ AUTOLOAD/ LOCK RUN"; BLACK LETTERING ON LENS HOUSING READS "f/1.8 ZOOM LENS BELL & HOWELL MADE IN U.S.A."; PLATE INSIDE CAMERA WITH CARTRIDGE LOADING INSTRUCTIONS & READING "MADE IN U.S.A. Bell & Howell REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." & "BL 36527"/.2 LABEL ON BOX EXTERIOR READS "Model 315/ ZOOM REFLEX/ AUTO LOAD/ 8 mm/ CARTRIDGE ROLL LOAD/ MOVIE CAMERA"; WHITE LETTERING ON BOX EXTERIOR READS "Bell & Howell", "PRECISION PHOTO EQUIPMENT", FINER PRODUCTS THROUGH IMAGINATION"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 BLACK CRINKLE CASING WITH WHITE PAINTED FRONT & SIDE PANEL; BRUSHED METAL &METALLIC PARTS; COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS; BLACK SYNTHETIC CARTRIDGE/.2 GREY WITH WHITE EDGING; WHITE PADDING

Decoration

.2 BLUE, GREY, BLACK & WHITE LABEL WITH ILLUSTRATION OF CAMERA; ROWS OF WHITE DOTS ON GREY GROUND