CAMERA, MOTION-PICTURE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SANKYO SUPER 8MM C/W CASE
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- STEEL, ALUMINIUM, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19910008001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SANKYO SUPER 8MM C/W CASE
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- STEEL, ALUMINIUM, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 18
- Length
- 20
- Width
- 6.8
- Description
- SILENT MOVIE CAMERA, SUPER 8 MM CARTRIDGE. BLK STEEL, ALUMINIUM & PLASTIC BODY. FOLD-DOWN HANDLE, WRIST STRAP. ZOOM F.9 22.5 MM LENS C/W LENS CAP. BUILT-IN METER, BATTERY OPERATED. LOCKING SHUTTER RELEASE. C/W LINED & PADDED VINYL CARRYING CASE WITH ALUMINUM SNAP CLASP & STEEL TRIM. LENS CAP READS "SANKYO" AS DOES THE CARRYING CASE. SERIAL NO. 223362.
- Subjects
- PHOTOGRAPHIC T&E
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- PURCHASED IN LETHBRIDGE BY DONOR FROM MCCREADY-BAINES OR ANGLO STEREO & PHOTO & USED BY DONOR'S TO RECORD THEIR TRAVELS. REPRESENTS THE PEAK OF CONSUMER HOME MOTION PICTURE TECHNOLOGY, NOW REPLACED BY MAGNETIC VIDEO FORMATS. SANKYO SUPER LXL 250 CAMERA. *** UPDATE: ON 30 MAY 2014, THE DONOR’S WIFE, VIOLET MARTIN, VISITED THE GALT TO DONATE ANOTHER CAMCORDER PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY HER HUSBAND GEORGE. WHILE THAT CAMERA WAS NOT ACCEPTED FOR THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH VIOLET WITH RESPECT TO HER AND THE DONOR’S EMIGRATION FROM INDIA, ENGLAND AND THEIR MULTI-DECADE RESIDENCY IN LETHBRIDGE. MUCH OF THE INTERVIEW DEALS WITH GEORGE’S DESIRE TO DOCUMENT THE WORLD AROUND HIM WHICH INCLUDES HIS SOURCING AND USAGE OF HIS DONATED CAMERA EQUIPMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING A TRANSCRIPT OF THE NEAR-4000 WORD INTERVIEW, PLEASE SEE THIS DONATION’S PERMANENT FILE AS WELL AS OTHER DONATIONS BY THE DONOR.
- Catalogue Number
- P19910008001
- Acquisition Date
- 1991-03
- Collection
- Museum
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