Cine-Ansco 16mm
Camera
Agfa-Ansco
American, 1928–1943
Cine-Ansco 16mm
September 1929
Metal, glass and leather
Overall (camera): 8 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 6 1/2 in., 4.9 lb. (21.6 × 8.3 × 16.5 cm, 2.2 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
DescriptionSerial# 1015 Florentine-brown leather, rectangular, 16mm, spring motor driven, motion picture camera with f/3.5 lens, eye level viewfinder, exposure guide, footage gauge, high speed (slow motion) pull-tab and leather handle. The camera accepts dual 100 foot spools.
Inscriptions Engraved in gold on lens on front of camera: f 3.5 Wollensak Velostigmat / Embossed in brass on product label/exposure guide on front of camera: CINE-ANSCO, NORMAL SPEED, HIGH SPEED {SLOW MOTION}, 11., 8., 5.6, 3.5, BRILLIANT, BRIGHT, CLOUDY, DULL, 6.3, 4.5, 3.5, 1.5, MADE IN U.S.A. BY Agfa Ansco Corp'n BINGHAMTON N.Y. / Embossed in brass on footage gauge on left side of camera: 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 / Printed in gold around viewfinder on back of camera: F, N / Printed in black on white label on handle of camera: Cine Ansco 16mm M.P. Camera. 301-A1/1, Agfa Ansco, Binghamton Rec. 8/13/29 . Engraved inside footage compartment 1015, 1015
