Beaulieu R16 Electric

Beaulieu R16 Electric

Camera

Beaulieu

Maker
French, ca. 1960s

Beaulieu R16 Electric

ca. 1965
Metal, glass and leather
Overall: 8 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (22.2 × 19.1 × 49.5 cm)
Gift of Katherine Sinclaire
DescriptionBlack and black leather-covered, vaulted, 16mm, battery operated motion picture camera with adjustable reflex eye level view finder, variable speed, reverse drive, single frame exposure and single lens turret with Questar lens mounted on wood. The camera accepts 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver on the product plate on the right side of the camera: Beaulieu R16 / Printed in black on the master switch on the right side of the camera: CONTROL, STOP, NORMAL, RETOUR / Printed in white on the film speed dial on the right side of the camera: ASA 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 400 and 2, 4, 8, 16, 25, 32, 64 / Printed in white on the frame speed dial on the right side of the camera: 2, 4, 6, 8, 16, 25, 32, 64 / Printed in black on the footage gauge on the right side of the camera: A, 0 / Printed in black on the frame counter on the right side of the camera: 0, 2, 4, 6 / Printed in silver on door latch on left side of camera: F, O / Printed in silver inside of camera: MADE IN FRANCE / Engraved in black on spool inside of camera: R-90

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