Aim recording camera Mk ll
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1940 - 1945
Materials
Measurements
128 x 118 x 40 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524938.1
Summary
Aim Recording camera Mk ll also known as a GGS Recorder (gyro gunsight recorder) Described as seen by the aeroplanes crew. It is a small metal box. On the front, top left is an On/Off switch set at right angles to the other features. Beneath there are three screws and embossed in white " G.G.S. RECORDER, 24V XX1845 MK.2". Just below centre is a knurled knob which activates a pin inside the magazine box and which moves on the film in the magazine. Most of the right side of the front is a flap that opens downwards to allow the magazine to be inserted. The left and right side of the box are unremarkable. The right side of the bottom of the box is a plug into which the socket DNO8790 can be fitted. The cover for this plug is secured to the base of the box by a chain The top of the box has a pin around which the closure for the magazine flap is secured. There is a knurled knob which controls a function from 0 – 15 which is only labelled Start and End. Below this control are the words Dull, S.S. and Bright The final face of the box is designed to side and clip onto something, presumably the Gyro gunsight, there are three slots each with strong springs. Between them are two sprung connections which appear to be electrical contacts. There is an aperture through which the image enters the camera, though there must be some sort of prism to deflect the light 90 degrees to enter the film aperture on the magazine. Around the aperture is a scale marked 1 – 6.
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