CAMERA, MOTION PICTURE

Description: .1) CASE. RECTANGULAR DARK BROWN LEATHER CASE WITH SHOULDER STRAP. COVER HAS STEEL LOCK ON FRONT. INSIDE OF CASE IS LINED WITH BURGUNDY COLORED COTTON CLOTH WHICH HAS COME LOOSE ON INSIDE OF COVER FLAP. SHOULDER STRAP IS WORN AND CRACKING WITH SEVERAL SMALL TEARS AROUND BUCKLE ON RIGHT SIDE. .2) CAMERA. STEEL BODY HAS BROWN LEATHERETTE COVERING WITH ROUGH SURFACE. BODY OF CAMERA IS GENERALLY RECTANGULAR WITH ROUNDED ENDS. RIGHT SIDE OF BODY HAS HINGED STEEL WINDING KEY AT TOP AND "KODACHROME UNIVERSAL GUIDE" PLATE IS RIVETED TO MIDDLE OF BODY. MOUNTED ON FRONT OF CAMERA IS ROTATING PLATFORM WITH STANDARD LENS AND VIEW PORT. ALUMINUM PLATE WITH BLACK FINISH READS "KEYSTONE MODEL A-12 16MM" AND "SERIAL NO. J-2067". STAINLESS STEEL BRACKET WITH FLUTED SURFACE IS MOUNTED TO BASE OF CAMERA. LEATHER STRAP WITH "KEYSTONE" STAMPED INTO IT IS BUTTONED OVER TWO STEEL PLUGS ON BOTTOM SECTION OF CAMERA.. .3) REEL. 9.2CM (D) X 1.8CM (W) BLACK STEEL REEL WHICH IS CIRCULAR IN SHAPE.

History: CAMERA BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO WAS AN AVID PHOTOGRAPHER AND FILMMAKER IN HIS SPARE TIME. THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY PHOTOGRAPHIC ITEMS WHICH HE USED. THE FOLLOWING MEMORIES WERE PROVIDED BY REVEREND TIM NAKAYAMA IN A LETTER TO THE GALT ON 16 AUGUST, 2007. HE WROTE: “MY FATHER WAS A CAMERA BUFF WHO RECORDED EVENTS. A TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY, “TIDES OF WAR”, - ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF JAPANESE CANADIANS WAS BASED ON THE 16MM. SILENT “FILMS” TAKEN BY HIM BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER WORLD WAR II. I BELIEVE HIS MOVIE FILMS AND THIS DOCUMENTARY ARE KEPT IN OTTAWA. (A COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT WAS MADE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES BY ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE. (REFERENCE: TETSUDEN KASHIMA, OF UW ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES).” SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.