Filmo Autoload
Camera
Bell & Howell Company
American, 1907–1980
Filmo Autoload
1940
Metal and glass
Overall (camera): 3 3/4 × 2 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (9.5 × 5.7 × 24.1 cm)
Overall (direct focuser): 3 × 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (7.6 × 1.9 × 13.3 cm)
Gift of Charles Wray
1983.0132.0012
DescriptionBrown, rectangular, 16mm magazine, spring motorized motion picture camera with f/1.5 lens, orange filter, variable speed and direct focuser.
Inscriptions Engraved on left side of camera on exposure guide: FILMO AUTO LOAD BELL & HOWELL CHICAGO MADE IN U.S.A. CLOUDS-SEA-SNOW SUMMER WINTER OPEN LANDSCAPES SUMMER WINTER AVERAGE SUBJECTS SUMMER WINTER CLOSE UPS BUILDINGS SUMMER WINTER DEEP WOODS-RAVINES SUMMER WINTER AM BEFORE 8 8 TO 10 10 TO 12 PM AFTER 4 2 TO 4 12 TO 2 / Engraved on the speed dial on the right side of the camera: SPEED 8 16 24 32 / Engraved on the bottom of the camera: 326758 / Engraved inside the camers: PAT'D IN U.S.A. & FOREIGN COUNTRIES PAT'S. PENDING / Engraved on the lens: 2 INCH f/1.5 CINE VELOSTIMAT WOLLENSAK ROCHESTER U.S.A. No.21853 / Engraved on filter: KODAK SERIES VI ADAPTER RING 1 21/32 IN. 42mm MADE IN Upl.S.A. / Engraved on plate on direct focuser: BELL & HOWELL CHICAGO MADE IN U.S.A.
