H-16 camera with wood and aluminum tripod

Switzerland, c. 1948

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras

Paillard Bolex H-16 Movie Camera for 16mm 100’ Rolls Complete with 3 Lenses, instruction book, Bolex 1948 catalog, Wollensak Cine Lenses catalog and Kodak Cine Ektar Lenses catalog, special fitted leather case, two finders H 16-F 150 and H 16-F 25. The lenses are an Elgeet 13mm f1.5 Wide Angle, Cooke Telekinic Anastigmat 3 inch f4, and Wollensak 1 inch f1.5 Cine Raptar.
Also a roll of 16mm Kodachrome film dated November 1953.
[Tripod - see AEO179215]

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Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

On display until

16 February 2031

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Paillard Bolex

Production places
Switzerland
Production dates
c. 1948

Appears in

Group of items

Film cameras

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO175988

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-04. Materiality → MI-04-C01

Measurements

216 x 152 x 76mm

Object Types

3D Object

Film and television equipment

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