Bolex Auto-Cine Model A
Camera
Paillard-Bolex
Maker
Bolex Auto-Cine Model A
Bolex Cine-Auto
1927
Metal, leather and glass
Overall (camera): 6 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 6 in. (15.9 × 7 × 15.2 cm)
Overall (box): 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 3 in. (16.5 × 16.5 × 7.6 cm)
Gift of Maria Weisendanger
1987.0632.0007
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, 16mm, sping motorized motion picture camera with eye level view finder, waist level view finder, fixed f/3.5 lens and black leather handle in original box. The camera accepts 50 foot spools.
Inscriptions Embossed in black leather on the handle: BOLEX / Embossed in black on door on left side of camera: BOLEX CAMERA / Engraved in silver around door toggle: O, P / Embossed in black on front of camera below lens: BOLEX AUTO-CINE CAMERA PATENTED / Engraved in white on lens: ANISTIGMAT HERMAGIS PARIS f/3.5 20mm No.37763 / Engraved in white on apeture switch: 3.5, 4.5, 6.8, 10, 14, 20 / Embossed in black on the right side of the camera: BOLEX / Printed in red on footage guage: 18 / Embossed in black on the back of the camera: BOLEX AUTO-CINE CAMERA PATENTED / Hand-carved in silver on top of camera: G.V. / Engraved in silver on plate inside camera: BREVETS DÉPOSÉS dons les principaux pays / Stamped in silver on plate inside camera: 1157 / Stamped in black inside of camera: 172 / Engraved in black on spool inside camera: BOLEX SPOOL BOLEX Co.S.A. BOBINE-GENÈVE SUISSE / Written in black on tag: Bolex Camera 16mm June 1927 / Printed in black on tan on red box: BOLEX
