RCA Victor Sound Camera PR-25
Camera
R. C. A.
American, 1919–1986
RCA Victor Sound Camera PR-25
1935
Metal, glass and leather
Overall: 7 1/2 × 5 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (19.1 × 14.6 × 22.2 cm)
Gift of WIlliam D. Del Valle
1985.0968.0002
DescriptionCrackled-black, vaulted, 16mm, sound, spring-motorized motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, reflex viewfinder, three-lens turret with f/3.5 lens, optical sound head, 4-volt lamp, internal microphone, variable speed, footage gauge and black leather handle. The camera accepts 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved in brass on right side of camera: RCA REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. RCA VICTOR SOUND CAMERA 16MM SEE LICENSE NOTICE INSIDE RCA Victor Company, Inc. CAMDEN,N.J., U.S.A. 24164 / Engraved in black on variable speed switch: INCREASE, 16, 24 / Engraved in white on lens: Wollensak Volostigmat f/3.5 / Embossed in black on door latch on left side of camera: O, L / Printed in black on white label behind door: RCA VICTOR CAMERA TYPE PR-25 U.S. PATENTS 1203190 1213613 In connection with the device it sells, RCA Victor Company, Inc., has rights under patents having claim (A) on the devices themselves and (B) on combinations of such devices with other devices or elements as for example, in various circuits and hook-ups. The sale of the device to which this notice is attached, carries a license under the patent claims of (A) but only for the electrical reproduction of sound both independently of and in synchronism, coordination or timed relation with motion pictures. The sale of this device does not carry a license under patent claims of (B) except only (1) for legitimate renewals and repairs in apparatus and systems already licensed for use under such patent claims on combinations, and (2) for use with sound reproducing equipment licensed by RCA Victor Company, Inc., for the same scope and purposes as that for which this instrument is licensed. This device is sold for use as aforesaid, and the licenses herein granted are limited to and may be exercised only with equipment said or furnished by RCA Victor Company, Inc., or its authorized dealers. RCA Victor Company, Inc. CAMDEN, N.J., U.S.A. 28891
