Bedaux Measurement Ciné-Kodak
Camera
Bedaux Measurement Ciné-Kodak
ca. 1934
Metal, leather and glass
Overall: 8 × 2 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (20.3 × 7 × 26.7 cm)
Gift of James W. Loveland
1995.0162.0001
DescriptionBlack leather-covered, rectangular, 8mm, motion picture camera with f1.9 lens, mounted on crackled-black Bedaux electric motor. The camera accepts dual 25, 50 and 100 foot spools. 16 Model BB with intervalometer.
Inscriptions Engraved in silver on product plate on top of camera: CINÉ KODAK MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. / Engraved in silver around window on top of camera: FOOTAGE / Engraved in black on the lens: KODAK ANISTIGMATIC f/1.9 13mm U.S.A. PAT. NOS. 1,620,337 - 1,690,607 / Engraved on focus ring on lens: FEET, 2, 2 1/2, 3, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 20 / Engraved in silver on aperture switch below lens: f/1.9, 3.5 / Engraved in black on door latch on left side of camera: TURN TO LOCK / Engraved in silver on door latch on left side of camera: OPEN CLOSE / Engraved in silver on product plate on door on left side of camera: BEDAUX MEASUREMENT CINÉ-KODAK MADE FOR THE PRODUCTION CONTROL MACHINES CORPORATION CHRYSLER BLDG. NEW YORK CITY BY THE EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, NEW YORK / Embossed in black on plate on left side of motor: 3483 / Engraved in silver on speed switch on left side of camera: HIGH, LOW, FOR HIGH SPEED SET RHEOSTAT TO H.S. / Engraved in silver on plate on back of motor: 100-130 VOLTS ONLY D.C. OR 25-60 CYCLE A.C.
