Filmo 70-DA
Camera

Bell & Howell Company

Maker
American, 1907–1980

Filmo 70-DA

1929
Metal, glass and leather
Overall: 7 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 8 1/2 in. (19.7 × 12.1 × 21.6 cm)
1986.0226.0001
DescriptionBlack, oval, 16mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with three lens turret holding f/1.9, f/2.7, f/4 lenses, eye level view finder with variable adjustment, critical focuser, exposure guide and leather handle. The camera accepts 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved on plate on left side of camera: BELL & HOWELL CO., CHICAGO Filmo REGISTERED CAMERA 70-DA MADE IN U.S.A. / Engraved on winder: BELL & HOWELL CO., CHICAGO MADE IN U.S.A. PAT. APP'D. FOR / Engraved on right side of camera under winder: BELL & HOWELL COMPANY STANDARD CINEMACHINERY / Engraved on footage guage on right side of camera: 0-100 increments / Engraved on speed dial on right side of camera: EXPOSURES PER SEC. 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 / Engraved on exposure guide on right side of camera: EXPOSURES PER SECOND 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 LENS STOPS 1.5 1.8 2 2.5 2.8 3.5 4 4.5 5.5 8 11 16 22 32 / Engraved on view finder dial on left side of camera: 1 2 3 4 6 20 / Engraved on door on left side of camera: OPEN CLOSED / Engraved on bottom of camera: 203935 / Engraved in white on lens one: VELOSTIGMAT WOLLENSAK 17mm f/2.7 / Engraved in black on lens one: No. 449172 / Engraved in white on lens two: WOLLENSAK 1 INCH f/1.9 CINE-VELOSTIGMAT / Engraved in black on lens two: No. 448305 / Engraved in white on lens three: B & H CO. CHICAGO U.S.A. 3 INCH f/4 TELATE No. 450061 / Stamped on inside door: 203935 / Engraved on inside of camera: PATENTED IN U.S. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES OTHER PATENTS PENDING MADE IN U.S.A. PAT. NO. 1,507,357 1,571,670 1,577,030 1,618,590 1,620,726 PAT. NO. 1,620,727 1,637,378 1,767,849 1,795,490

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