Bell & Howell Model 2709 (Right)
35mm camera marketed by Bell & Howell in the 1910s, made in USA.A historically significant movie camera, it was the first all-metal camera with a body machined from case aluminum, and remained in production until the 1950s. It has a four-lens turret, a rack-over system which allows precise through-the-lens viewing and focusing, and 400 ft. twin compartment magazines.
Used for early silent films, it was so high that only studios and few people owned it, one of them being Charlie Chaplin.

Date | 1910s |
Object | Movie Camera |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection |
Source | Courtesy of Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Repository | Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Hong Kong Film Archive |
Accession No. | lcs-acam-0222 |
Bell & Howell Model 2709 (Right)
35mm camera marketed by Bell & Howell in the 1910s, made in USA.A historically significant movie camera, it was the first all-metal camera with a body machined from case aluminum, and remained in production until the 1950s. It has a four-lens turret, a rack-over system which allows precise through-the-lens viewing and focusing, and 400 ft. twin compartment magazines.
Used for early silent films, it was so high that only studios and few people owned it, one of them being Charlie Chaplin.

Date | 1910s |
Object | Movie Camera |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection |
Source | Courtesy of Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Repository | Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Hong Kong Film Archive |
Accession No. | lcs-acam-0222 |
Bell & Howell Model 2709 (Right)
35mm camera marketed by Bell & Howell in the 1910s, made in USA.A historically significant movie camera, it was the first all-metal camera with a body machined from case aluminum, and remained in production until the 1950s. It has a four-lens turret, a rack-over system which allows precise through-the-lens viewing and focusing, and 400 ft. twin compartment magazines.
Used for early silent films, it was so high that only studios and few people owned it, one of them being Charlie Chaplin.

Date | 1910s |
Object | Movie Camera |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection |
Source | Courtesy of Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Repository | Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Hong Kong Film Archive |
Accession No. | lcs-acam-0222 |
Bell & Howell Model 2709 (Right)
35mm camera marketed by Bell & Howell in the 1910s, made in USA.A historically significant movie camera, it was the first all-metal camera with a body machined from case aluminum, and remained in production until the 1950s. It has a four-lens turret, a rack-over system which allows precise through-the-lens viewing and focusing, and 400 ft. twin compartment magazines.
Used for early silent films, it was so high that only studios and few people owned it, one of them being Charlie Chaplin.

Date | 1910s |
Object | Movie Camera |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection |
Source | Courtesy of Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Repository | Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Hong Kong Film Archive |
Accession No. | lcs-acam-0222 |
Bell & Howell Model 2709 (Right)
35mm camera marketed by Bell & Howell in the 1910s, made in USA.A historically significant movie camera, it was the first all-metal camera with a body machined from case aluminum, and remained in production until the 1950s. It has a four-lens turret, a rack-over system which allows precise through-the-lens viewing and focusing, and 400 ft. twin compartment magazines.
Used for early silent films, it was so high that only studios and few people owned it, one of them being Charlie Chaplin.

Date | 1910s |
Object | Movie Camera |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection |
Source | Courtesy of Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Repository | Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Hong Kong Film Archive |
Accession No. | lcs-acam-0222 |
Bell & Howell Model 2709 (Right)
35mm camera marketed by Bell & Howell in the 1910s, made in USA.A historically significant movie camera, it was the first all-metal camera with a body machined from case aluminum, and remained in production until the 1950s. It has a four-lens turret, a rack-over system which allows precise through-the-lens viewing and focusing, and 400 ft. twin compartment magazines.
Used for early silent films, it was so high that only studios and few people owned it, one of them being Charlie Chaplin.

Date | 1910s |
Object | Movie Camera |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection |
Source | Courtesy of Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Repository | Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Hong Kong Film Archive |
Accession No. | lcs-acam-0222 |
Bell & Howell Model 2709 (Right)
35mm camera marketed by Bell & Howell in the 1910s, made in USA.A historically significant movie camera, it was the first all-metal camera with a body machined from case aluminum, and remained in production until the 1950s. It has a four-lens turret, a rack-over system which allows precise through-the-lens viewing and focusing, and 400 ft. twin compartment magazines.
Used for early silent films, it was so high that only studios and few people owned it, one of them being Charlie Chaplin.

Date | 1910s |
Object | Movie Camera |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection |
Source | Courtesy of Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Repository | Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Hong Kong Film Archive |
Accession No. | lcs-acam-0222 |
Bell & Howell Model 2709 (Right)
35mm camera marketed by Bell & Howell in the 1910s, made in USA.A historically significant movie camera, it was the first all-metal camera with a body machined from case aluminum, and remained in production until the 1950s. It has a four-lens turret, a rack-over system which allows precise through-the-lens viewing and focusing, and 400 ft. twin compartment magazines.
Used for early silent films, it was so high that only studios and few people owned it, one of them being Charlie Chaplin.

Date of Death | 1910s |
Object | Movie Camera |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection |
Source | Courtesy of Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Repository | Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Hong Kong Film Archive |
Accession No. | lcs-acam-0222 |
Bell & Howell Model 2709 (Right)
35mm camera marketed by Bell & Howell in the 1910s, made in USA.A historically significant movie camera, it was the first all-metal camera with a body machined from case aluminum, and remained in production until the 1950s. It has a four-lens turret, a rack-over system which allows precise through-the-lens viewing and focusing, and 400 ft. twin compartment magazines.
Used for early silent films, it was so high that only studios and few people owned it, one of them being Charlie Chaplin.

Date | 1910s |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection |
Source | Courtesy of Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Hong Kong Film Archive |
Accession No. | lcs-acam-0222 |
Bell & Howell Model 2709 (Right)
35mm camera marketed by Bell & Howell in the 1910s, made in USA.A historically significant movie camera, it was the first all-metal camera with a body machined from case aluminum, and remained in production until the 1950s. It has a four-lens turret, a rack-over system which allows precise through-the-lens viewing and focusing, and 400 ft. twin compartment magazines.
Used for early silent films, it was so high that only studios and few people owned it, one of them being Charlie Chaplin.

Date | 1910s |
Media Type | Artefact |
Media Type | Artefact |
Material Type | Image |
Object | Movie Camera |
Collection | Remembrance of the Avant-Garde: Archival Camera Collection |
Source | Courtesy of Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Repository | Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd. |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Hong Kong Film Archive |
Accession No. | lcs-acam-0222 |
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