Lektro 16mm
Camera

Lektro 16mm

September 1946
Metal and glass
Overall (camera): 4 1/2 × 3 × 7 in., 2.5 lb. (11.4 × 7.6 × 17.8 cm, 1.1 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
DescriptionSerial# A1341 Crackled-brown, rectangular, 16mm, battery operated, motion picture camera with f/3.5 lens, eye level viewfinder, fps dial, footage gauge, tripod socket and shutter control button. The camera accepts Kodak Film magazine cartridges.
Inscriptions Engraved in red on fps dial on right side of camera: 8, 16, 32 / Printed in silver on footage gauge on right side of camera: 0 / Engraved in white on lens on front of camera: KODAK ANASTIGMAT f:3.5 35mm MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y., B, H, D, 3.5, B, H, D, 3.5, 16, 32, 64 / Printed in black on white label on left side of camera: 301-A54/1 Lektro 16mm. Electric Movie Camera. Recieved 12/6/1946 / Painted in white inside footage compartment: PULL DOWN LEVER BEFORE CLOSING DOOR / Stamped in gold inside footage compartment: A1341

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