Arriflex 35 IIA
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Arnold & Richter
German, ca. 1930s
Arriflex 35 IIA
ca. 1953
Metal, glass, wood and leather
Overall (with magazine and motor): 18 × 7 3/4 × 16 1/2 in., 16.5 lb. (45.7 × 19.7 × 41.9 cm, 7.5 kg)
Gift of Hearst Metrotone News, Inc.
1979.2909.0001
DescriptionCrackled-black, vaulted, 35mm, electric motion picture camera with 3-lens turret, 28mm lens, 50mm lens, 75mm lens, lens shade, reflex viewfinder, power cord, extra motor, tripod bracket and shoulder mount with 500 foot magazine with footage gauge in hammered-metal wood-covered case with brown leather handle.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver above viewfinder on left side of camera: PROPERTY OF HEARST METRTONE NEWS, INC. 450 WEST 56TH ST. NEW YORK 19, N.Y. / Embossed in silver on left side of magazine: ARRIFLEX / Printed in silver on plate on left side of magazine: NEWS OF THE DAY TELENEWS TV SER. NO. / Stamped in silver on plate on left side of magazine: 5000 / Stamped in silver on bottom of camera: 75 / Embossed in black on right side o fmagazine: ARRIFLEX / Printed in silver on footage gauge on right side of magazine: 480, 400, 320, 240, 160, 80, 40, 0
