8 mm Cine Camera

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Bell & Howell 8mm cine camera, model 624EE
Manufacturer	Bell & Howell
Production years	1956
Production location	(unknown)

Bell & Howell 8mm cine camera, model 624EE, leather case, 1956.

Made in Britain under licence, this 8mm camera used a small reel of 25 feet of 16mm double-sprocketed film, which was run through the camera twice, the spools being reversed after the first pass through the camera and the opposite side of the film then exposed on the second pass. The film generally was reversal colour film which, during its processing upon return to the film laboratory, was split into two 8mm wide strips and spliced together and then returned to the customer on a single 50ft reel, ready for the projector. This film format was aimed directly at the amateur market.

[edit] How it works

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A cine camera is loaded with a film which records a series of still images the rate of 16, 18 or 24 frames per second. The film is usually reversal film, which means when it is developed you end up with a positive picture instead of the normal negative picture, thus eliminating the extra expense of making positive prints from the negative.

[edit] Memories

[edit] In the Science Museum

Source: NMeM Inv: 1990-5036/4878

This object is currently on display in the Dan Dare & the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum, London.

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