Filmo Auto Load

Filmo Auto Load

Camera

Bell & Howell Company

Maker
American, 1907–1980

Filmo Auto Load

1940
Metal and glass
Overall (camera): 4 × 2 × 7 in. (10.2 × 5.1 × 17.8 cm)
Overall (magazine): 3 × 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (7.6 × 1.9 × 12.1 cm)
1986.0568.0002
DescriptionBrown, rectangular, 16mm, magazine, spring motorized, motion picture camera with f/1.9 lens, lens cap, variable speed, film magazine, instrctions and original box.
Inscriptions Engraved on exposure guide on left side of camera: FILM AUTO LOAD BELL & HOWELL CHICAGO MADE IN U.S.A. FILM SPEED 16 FRAMES PER SECOND 32 FRAMES PER SECOND 64 FRAMES PER SECOND CLOUDS-SEA-SNOW OPEN LANDSCAPES AVERAGE SUBJECTS CLOSE UPS-BLDGS DEEP WOOODS-RAVINES A.M. 10 to 12 8 to 10 BEFORE 8 P.M. 12 TO 2 2 TO 4 AFTER 4 / Engraved on speed dial on right side of camera: SPEED 16 24 32 48 64 / Engraved on lens: B & H LUMAX 21mm f/1.9 Made in England Pat. No. 517386 (serial no.) 012115 / Engraved on bottom of camera: 663766 / Engraved inside of camera: PAT'DIN U.S.A. & FOREIGN COUNTRIES PAT'S. PENDING / Embossed on film magazine: LOADED WITH KODAK FILM THIS MAGAZINE IS THE PROPERTY OF KODAK / Stamped on film magazine in silver: PLACE IN CAMERA THIS SIDE OUT AND WITH THIS END TOWARD LENS AND IN ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY / Stamped on film magazine in silver: UNEXPOSED FOOTAGE / Printed in red on tape on film magazine: Kodachrome Type A Movie FIlm Proc. K-11 Film Price Does Not Include Proc.

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