Motion Picture Strike Recording Model KB9A
Camera
Eastman Kodak Company
American, estab. 1892
Motion Picture Strike Recording Model KB9A
Gun Camera
ca. 1956
Metal and glass
Overall (camera): 2 1/2 × 2 1/4 × 7 1/2 in., 2 lb. (6.4 × 5.7 × 19.1 cm, 0.9 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0085
DescriptionSerial# 4703 Black, rectangular, 16mm, electrically powered, motion picture camera with f/3.5 lens, aperture dial, electrical attachment plate and power cord. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved in white on lens on front of camera: 294X.410in. f3.5 EFL 35mm / Engraved in white on aperture dial on front of camera: f3.5 / Printed in black on silver label on left side of camera: CAMERA MOTION PICTURE STRIKE RECORDING 16 MM TYPE KB9A STOCK NO. V6700 C 01-8027 SERIAL NO. 4703, 24 TO 29 VOLTS 2.7 AMPS. D.C. WEIGHT 29 OZ. SPEC. MIL·C-18604 (AER.) CONTRACT NO. AF 33 (600) 35147 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY U.S. PROPERTY / Printed in black on white label on top of camera: 301-51 rc.FEB86 / Printed in black on silver label on bottom of electrical attachment plate: ELECTRICAL ATTACHMENT PLATE FOR CAMERA MOTION PICTURE STRIKE RECORDING 16MM TYPE KB9A STOCK NO. V6760-567-3874 WEIGHT 8OZ. EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY U.S. PROPERTY / Embossed in black underneath electrical attachment plate: 405147
