Movette
Camera
Movette Camera Corp.
Maker
Movette
ca. 1917
Metal, glass, and leather
Overall: 6 1/4 × 7 5/8 × 4 3/4 in., 4.3 lb. (15.9 × 19.4 × 12.1 cm, 2 kg)
Gift of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, 17.5mm magazine, hand-cranked motion picture camera with eye-level viewfinder, fixed focus, fixed aperture and leather handle. The camera accepts 100 foot spools in the magazine.
Inscriptions Embossed in metal on front of camera: Movette ROCHESTER, N.Y. / Stamped in leather on leather handle on top of camera: Movette / Inscribed in white on bottom of camera: 80:043:7 / Embossed in metal on brass label inside footage compartment: LICENSE RESTRICTION. MANUFACTURERS SERIAL NO. 5416, THIS MACHINE IS SOLD BY MOVETTE, INCORPORATED WITH THE LICENSE RESTRICTION THAT IT MAY BE USED ONLY WITH FILM AND FILM CONTAINERS OBTAINED FROM MOVETTE INCORPORATED PATENTS PENDING, MOVETTE INCORPORATED ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.A.
