Filmo Film Cleaner

Filmo Film Cleaner

Equipment

Bell & Howell Company

American, 1907–1980

Filmo Film Cleaner

c 1931
Metal and cloth
Overall (cleaner): 5 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 1 3/4 in., 0.6 lb. (14.6 × 8.9 × 4.4 cm, 0.3 kg)
Gift of Verner C. Kreuter, Jr., and Adam Kreuter II, 1965
1978.0191.0108
DescriptionCrackled-black, vaulted, 8mm to 16mm film cleaner with 6 foot roll of wick tape, removable clamp arm and knurled tape adjustment knobs in original box. The film cleaner comes equipped with a 6 oz can of Filmoleen film cleaning fluid.
Inscriptions Embossed in white on red label on back of film cleaner: 8524-8 / Written in black on white label on back of film cleaner: 78:191:108 / Written in white on back of film cleaner: 78:191:108

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