A brown leather camera case made for the Bell and Howell Filmo Straight Eight cine camera.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1935 - circa 1955
Materials
Leather, Metal, Thread, Ribbon
Measurements
58 x 155 x 138 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524755.2
Summary
A brown leather camera case made for the Bell and Howell Filmo Straight Eight cine camera. The case is top stitched around its edges and lined with brown velvet. It contains two supports along the sides and towards the back of the case for the camera to sit on. There is a compartment to the front covered with a lid lifted by a brown ribbon insert. Metal rings on leather tabs are top stitched to either side of the case for a carry strap. The front of the case is held closed by means of a metal slide clasp.
Provenance
A 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