Brown leather case, originally for Helio 5" Mk V heliograph; now used for Filmo 70 Model A cine camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1906 - 1969
Materials
Leather, Metal
Measurements
250 x 195 x 110 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524741.3
Summary
Brown leather case, originally for Helio 5" Mk V heliograph; now used for Filmo 70 Model A cine camera The case is not original to the cine camera. It is stamped with "Helio 5" Mk V (AIM)", indicating it was originally a case for a signalling heliograph. It has a brown leather strap with metal buckle across the top flap, to secure it closed. There are brown leather loops on the back and sides/base which would originally have housed a shoulder strap and webbing waist strap. The loops are affixed with metal studs. Stitching holes are evident on the sides and back which would originally have been where internal compartments were sewn in place.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986