Escort 8
Camera
Eastman Kodak Company
American, estab. 1892
Escort 8
March 1964
Metal, plastic and glass
Overall (camera): 4 × 3 1/8 × 6 7/8 in., 1.4 lb. (10.2 × 7.9 × 17.4 cm, 0.7 kg)
Overall (original box): 4 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 3 1/2 in., 0.2 lb. (11.4 × 19.7 × 8.9 cm, 0.1 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0074
DescriptionCrackled black and tan, rectangular, 8mm, spring motor operated, motion picture camera with f/1.6 lens, optical eye level viewfinder, selinium cell light meter, ASA dial, dim light indicator in viewfinder, winding crank, daylight filter, footage gauge and receptacle for top mounting movie light in original box. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Printed in black on ASA dial on right side of camera: 10, 16, 25, 40 / Printed in black beside filter switch on right side of camera: TYPE-A, NO FILTER / Printed in silver and black on product label on front of camera: MADE IN U.S.A., ESCORT 8 CAMERA Kodak / Engraved in silver on lens on front of camera: KODAK EKTANAR LENS 13mm f/1.6 / Printed in silver on pproduct label on left side of camera: Kodak ESCORT 8 MOVIE CAMERA / Printed in black on white label on left side of camera: 301-23 KODAK ESCORT 8, 8mm Camera. Recieved...2/13/1964 / Printed in black above footage gauge on left side of camera: 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 0, E / Printed in black on door latch on left side of camera: OPEN, LOCK / Printed in black inside footage gauge: KODAK MOVIE CAMERA T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. EMPTY FILM SPOOL HERE, MADE IN ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, USE KODAK 8mm ROLL FILM, PLACE FULL FILM SPOOL HERE / Engraved and printed on spool inside footage compartment: FILM HALF EXPOSED WHEN ON THIS CAMERA SPOOL, KODAK SPOOL
