Filmo 75
Camera
Bell & Howell Company
American, 1907–1980
Filmo 75
1928
Metal, leather and glass
Overall (camera): 9 × 2 × 525 in. (22.9 × 5.1 × 1333.5 cm)
Overall (case): 6 1/2 × 10 × 4 3/4 in. (16.5 × 25.4 × 12.1 cm)
Overall (tripod mount): 1 × 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (2.5 × 5.7 × 5.7 cm)
Gift of Verner C. Kreuter, Jr., and Adam Kreuter II, 1965
1978.0191.0078
DescriptionBrown, ornated leather-covered, oval, 16mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder, 20mm f/3.5 lens and leather handle. The camera has a brown case with instruction manual, serial registration card, Kalart Range Finder serial registration card and Fisher Flexafrane tripod mount. The camera accepts 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved on plate below lens: BELL & HOWELL CO. Filmo REGISTERED MODEL 75 AUTOMATIC CINE-CAMERA CHICAGO MADE IN U.S.A. / Engraved on lens: TAYLOR-HOBSON 20mm f/3.5 / Engraved on lens dial: 3.5 4.5 5.6 8 11 16 / Engraved on view finder dial: 20mm 1 2 3 4 / Engraved on left side of camera on footage dial: 0-100 increments / Engraved on right side of camera door: OPEN CLOSE / Engraved inside camera: PATENTS PENDING / Engraved on spool: CINE KODAK SPOOL PAT. IN U.S.A. 1,507,357 / Stamped on tripod socket: 52824 / Embossed on plate under case cover: MADE IN U.S.A. BELL & HOWELL COMPANY CHICAGO, U.S.A. STANDARD CINEMACHINERY / Embossed on black label under case cover: 8524-3 / Engraved on tripod mount: FISHER FLEXAFRAME
