Film magazine for an Aim recording camera Mk ll
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1940 - 1945
Materials
Metal
Measurements
75 x 47 x 19 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524938.4
Summary
Film Magazine for an Aim recording camera XX1845 Mk ll This comprises an oblong metal box with rounded corners at the top and an arch shape at the bottom and it has a flange at bottom right to assist in removing the magazine from the camera. The top is slightly corrugated and has an eight slot screw mid way down the right side. Printed on it is " an upward facing arrow A.M. 14A/4008 G G S Recorder Magazine Mk 2" The sides af the magazine are unremarkable except for an aperture on the left side through which the film is exposed and notch to the back just below it. The back of the magazine has a hole that takes drive from the camera to move the film on and 7 screws
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