Filmo Sportster Double-Run Eight
Camera
Filmo Sportster Double-Run Eight
ca. 1944
Metal and glass
Overall: 5 × 2 × 4 1/4 in. (12.7 × 5.1 × 10.8 cm)
Gift of Frank D. Davis
1974.0210.0008
DescriptionBrown, oval, 8mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye level view finder, variable pseed adjustment, f/2.5 lens and natural filter. The camera accepts dual 25 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved on exposure dial on door of camera: FILMO SPORTSTER DOUBLE RUN EIGHT BELL & HOWELL COMPANY CHICAGO MADE IN U.S.A. CLOUDS-SEA-SUN OPEN LANDSCAPES AVERAGE SUBJECTS CLOSE UPS-BLDG'S DEEP WOODS RAVINES A.M. 10 TO 12 8 TO 10 BEFORE 8 P.M. 12 TO 2 2 TO 4 AFTER 4 / Engraved on footage guage on right side of camera: F S 0-25 increments / Engraved on variable speed dial on right side of camera: SPEED 16 32 48 64 / Engraved on lens: B & H CO. ANATE 12 1/2mm f/2.5 ELC MADE IN U.S.A. 2.5 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 / Engraved on lens filter: B & H 2X NATURAL GLASS FILTER / Stamped on the base of the camera: 503974 / Printed on side one of spool in camera: FILM WHEN ON THIS SPOOL IS ONLY HALF EXPOSED / Engraved on side two of spool in camera: CINE-KODAK EIGHT SPOOL PAT. IN U.S.A. 1,914,522 / Engraved inside of camera: PAT'D. IN U.S & FOREIGN COUNTRIES PAT'S PEND. U.S. PAT. NOS. 1,941,522 2,103.369 2,067,189 / Printed on white sticker in red: JUNE 21 '62
