An instruction booklet for an Air speed indicator camera
W. Vinten Ltd
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1940 - 1945
Materials
Card, Paper
Measurements
123 x 102 x 2 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524943.3
Summary
An instruction booklet for an Air speed indicator camera made by W Vinten Ltd, The cover is blue and is printed with, "Instruction book for Air Speed Indicator Camera, Admiralty pattern No 2410, Ref No 0/209 A.R.L., Teddington" On the back is printed "W.V.Ltd P81/4/9/42. Printed by G.W.Beamand and Son, Aldgate Press, London, E1" The booklet contains full details of the camera and its operation
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
Makers and roles
W. Vinten Ltd , manufacturer