Revere 16 Magazine Model 38
Camera
Revere Camera Company
American, 1920–1960
Revere 16 Magazine Model 38
February 1955
Metal, glass and leather
Overall (camera): 4 1/2 × 4 × 7 in., 3 lb. (11.4 × 10.2 × 17.8 cm, 1.4 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0034
DescriptionSerial# L 3399 Crackled-brown, leather, rectangular, 16mm, spring motor driven, motion picture camera with three-lens turret, f/2.5 1 inch lens, eye level viewfinder, fps dial, ASA dial and leather handle. The camera accepts 50 foot magazine cartridge.
Inscriptions Stamped in leather on right side of camera: REVERE / Printed in silver and brown on fps dial on right side of camera: 16, FRAMES PER SECOND / Engraved in black on viewfinder on front of camera: FOR 1" LENS CAT. No 219 / Engraved in black on lens on front of camera: CINE RAPTAR WOLLENSAK-REVERE 1 INCH f/2.5, BRIGHT, WINTER, HAZY, DULL, SUMMER, 22, 16, 11, 8, 5.6, 4, 2.8, 2.5f / Printed in red and black on ASA/exposure guide on left side of camera: LIGHT SHADE, REVERE FILM FOOTAGE 16, COLOR, 4, A.S.A. 10, BLACK AND WHITE, 8, A.S.A. 40 / Printed in black on door latch on top of camera: CLOSE, OPEN / Printed in black on white label on top of camera: Revere 16mm. Model 38 magezine Motion Picture Camera, (turret model, 301-R32/21, Revere Camera Co. Chicago 16, Illinois Recieved 5/19/1955 / Printed in black and red on product label on bottom of camera: MODEL 38, MADE IN U.S.A. BY Revere CAMERA COMPANY CHICAGO 16, ILLINOIS PATENTS PENDING / Engraved in silver inside footage compartment: L 3399
