Filmo Double Run Eight
Camera
Bell & Howell Company
American, 1907–1980
Filmo Double Run Eight
ca. 1940
Metal and glass
Overall (camera): 5 × 1 7/8 × 4 in., 1.5 lb. (12.7 × 4.7 × 10.2 cm, 0.7 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0155
DescriptionCrackled-grey, vaulted, 8mm, spring motor powered, motion picture camera with f/2.5 lens, eye level viewfinder, fps dial, footage gauge, winding key, viewfinder masks, single frame shutter control, exposure guide and wrist stap. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver on winding key on right side of camera: WIND FULLY AFTER EACH SHOT / Embossed in silver on fps dial on right side of camera: 16, 32, 48, 64, SPEED / Engraved in black and embossed in silver on footage gauge on right side of camera: EXPOSED, 0, FEET / Engraved in white on lens on front of camera: 2.5, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, MYTAL ANASTIGMAT 12 1/2 M.M.f/2.5 MADE BY TAYLOR-HOBSON ENGLAND.PAT.NO.422246., PATS. 430083. 438149 / Embossed and engraved in black, silver and red on left side of camera: BRIGHT-HAZY-CLOUDY, BELL & HOWELL FILMO DOUBLE RUN EIGHT, AM, 10 TO 12, 8 TO 10, BEFORE 8, 22, 16, 11, 12 TO 2, 2 TO 4, AFTER 4, PM, CLOUDYS-SEA-SNOW, SUMMER, WINTER, OPEN LANDSCAPES, SUMMER, WINTER, AVERAGE SUBJECTS, SUMMER, WINTER, CLOSEUPS-BUILDINGS, SUMMER, WINTER, DEEP WOODS-RAVINES, SUMMER, WINTER / Printed in black on white label on back of camera: 301-B15/12 B & H Filmo Sportser (sic) 8mm. Camera Recieved 1-21-1951 / Engraved in black inside footage compartment: PAT'D IN U.S. & FOREIGN COUNTRIES PATS. PEND. U.S. PAT. NOS. 1,941,522, 2,014,202, 2,067,189, 2,103,369 / Engraved in silver on bottom of camera: 290558 / Embossed in silver on product label on bottom of camera: BELL & HOWELL Filmo "SPORTSTER" MADE IN CHICAGO, U.S.A.
