CAMERA, MOTION-PICTURE

Description: RED/BROWN LEATHER CASE CONTAINING KODAK MEDALLION 8MM FILM CAMERA. COVER HAS "KODAK" LOGO AT CENTER AND HAS FOUR STEEL SNAPS WHICH ALLOW FOR REMOVAL. CAMERA HAS BROWN STEEL BODY WITH ROTATING TRI-LENS SYSTEM ON FRONT. PLATE SCREWED TO FRONT READS "KODAK MEDALLION-8 MOVIE CAMERA". RIGHT SIDE HAS WIND KEY AND LEFT SIDE HAS CAMERA SPEED DIAL. LEATHER CASE HAS NARROW CARRYING STRAP OF SAME COLOUR.

History: MOTION PICTURE CAMERA BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO HAD A PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM MAKING. THIS IS ONE OF MANY ITEMS USED BY HIM TO MAKE FILMS, MANY OF WHICH DATE TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND ARE HOUSED IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.