Motion Picture Strike Recording Model KB9A

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

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