A transformer for a 'Campro' cine camera/projector.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1935
Materials
Bakelite, Metal, Electrical wire
Measurements
42 x 55 x 100 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524760.2.1
Summary
A transformer for a 'Campro' Mk 1 9.5mm cine camera/projector, by Home Cine Cameras Ltd, London. Brown bakelite body. Rubber covered wires and clips have become detached - Inventory No. 1524760.2.2. Markings: Stamped in the bakelite: "200-250 V. A.C. 6 V. 0.8 A. RAY. Made in England".
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.