Measurement Ciné-Kodak Series II
Camera
Eastman Kodak Company
American, estab. 1892
Measurement Ciné-Kodak Series II
c 1935
Metal, leather and glass
Overall (camera): 7 1/2 × 2 7/8 × 10 5/8 in., 6.1 lb. (19.1 × 7.3 × 27 cm, 2.8 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0070
DescriptionSerial# 54019 Crackled-black leather-covered, rectangular, 8mm, electrically powered, motion picture camera with f/1.9 lens, folding eye level viewfinder, footage gauge, rheostat, gear shift and leather handle. The camera accepts dual 25 foot and 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved in black on lens on front of camera: FEET, 2, 2 1/2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 20 / Embossed in silver on product label on left side of camera: MEASUREMENT CINÉ-KODAK SERIES II, MADE FOR THE PRODUCTION CONTROL MACHINES CORPORATION CHRYSLER BLDG., NEW YORK CITY BY THE EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, NEW YORK / Embossed and engraved on door latch on left side of camera: OPEN CLOSE, TURN TO LOCK / Embossed in silver on gear shift label on left side of camera: HIGH LOW, FOR HIGH SPEED SET RHEOSTAT TO H.S. / Embossed in silver around rheostat on back of camera: 100-130 VOLTS ONLY D.C. OR 25-60 CYCLE A.C. SERIES II, 75 WATTS, H.S., 100, 110, 120, 130 / Embossed in silver on footage gauge on top of camera: CINÉ KODAK, FOOTAGE, MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. / Printed in black on white label on bottom of camera: 301-14/2 rcd 4/20/78 / Engraved in black on spool inside footage compartment" KODAK, PAT. IN U.S.A. 1.941.522 / Engraved on film guide inside footage compartment: 1006 / Printed in black on white label inside footage compartment: PATENTED IN U.S.A. 1,388,886, 1,548,960, 1,583,707, 1,605,891, 1,618,590, 1,823,299, 1,857,587, 1,941,522, 1,616,926 OTHER PATENTS PENDING, PRINTED IN U.S.A. NO.54019
