Cine Ansco
Camera
Agfa-Ansco
American, 1928–1943
Cine Ansco
ca. 1930
Metal, leather and glass
Overall: 8 1/4 × 3 × 6 1/4 in. (21 × 7.6 × 15.9 cm)
1978.0191.0082
DescriptionBrown, rectangular, 16mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder, f/3.5 lens and leather handle. The camera accepts 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved on plate on front of camera: CINE ANSCO MADE IN U.S.A. BY Agfa Ansco Corp'n BINGHAMTON, NY / Painted in gold over view finder on back of camera: F / Painted in gold on below view finder on back of camera: N / Engraved on footage dial on left side of camera: 0-100 increments / Stamped inside of camera: 1227 / Stamped inside door of camera: 1227 / Engraved on spool inside of camera: CINE KODAK SPOOL PAT. IN U.S.A. 1,507,357 / Written in blue pen on INVENTORY TAG NO 128: Cine Ansco 16mm Camera 8398-A 1227 G.P.
