TGX-16 Cine Sound System
Camera
TGX-16 Cine Sound System
ca. 1975
Plastic and metal
Overall: 9 1/4 × 6 × 20 1/2 in. (23.5 × 15.2 × 52.1 cm)
Gift of Robert J. Hodge
DescriptionCrackled brown, rectangular, 16mm sound, battery operated motion picture camera with optical sound head, variable speed, reflex view finder mount, footage gauge and 400 foot magazine. The camera accepts 1200 foot magazines.
Inscriptions Printed in silver on product plate on right side of camera: TGX-16 CINE-SOUND SYSTEM MODEL gc MODEL 400 S/N GENERAL CAMERA CORP. 471 11TH AVE., NEW YORK, N.Y. / Stamped in silver on product plate on right side of camera: 0032 / Engraved in brown on right side of camera: MANUFACTURED BY TEXAS GENERAL CINE DALLAS, TEXAS, U.S.A. / Printed in black below the power switch on right side of camera: POWER / Printed in black above and below battery indicator lights on right side of camera: LO, HI, BATT TEST / Printed in black below the footage reset button on right side of camera: RESET / Printed in black below footage counter on right side of camera: FOOTAGE / Printed in black below dimmer dial on right side of camera: DIMMER / Engraved in black on variable speed dial on front of camera: FRAME RATE, 18, 24, 36, 48 / Engraved in brown on door on left side of camera: TGX 16 / Printed in silver on black label under door on left side of camera: FILM THREADING WITHOUT SOUND SYSTEM / Printed in silver on product plate of magazine in camera: CASSETTE 400 CAPACITY: 400 FEET gc GENERAL CAMERA CORP. 471 11TH AVE., NEW YORK, N.Y. / Printed in black on magazine: LOCK / Stamped in silver on product plate on magazine: 0030
