Vis-Vitae 35mm cine camera
Camera
Vance Maunfacturing Co.
Maker
Vis-Vitae 35mm cine camera
ca. 1927
Metal, glass and leather
Overall: 12 × 4 1/2 × 12 7/8 in., 15.7 lb. (30.5 × 11.4 × 32.7 cm, 7.1 kg)
Gift of Bass Camera Company
1978.1653.0006
DescriptionPainted-wood and aluminum, rectangular, 35mm, hand cranked, motion picture camera with f/3.5 lens, reflex viewfinder on side, winding crank, rewind crank, footage gauge and leather handle. The camera accepts 200 foot film magazines.
Inscriptions Embossed in brass on product label on front of camera: VIS-VITAE VANCE MANUFACTURING CO.,INC. CHICAGO NO.105 PAT. APLD. FOR BASS CAMERA CO. GUARANTEED PRODUCTS CHICAGO ILLINOIS / Embossed in white on red label on front of projector: 49 / Engraved in brass on lens on front of projector: BAUSCH & LOMB-ZEISS TESSAR Series 1c. Pat. Feb. 24, 1903 1198243 72mm / Inscribed in white on back of camera: 1298, 78:1653:6 / Inscribed in red on white label on back of camera: 78:1653:6 / Engraved in white on footage gauge on back of camera: 0, 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175
