Lot 168
North America, New York, USA, and Canada, ca. 1940s CE. A gun sight aim point (GSAP) camera used by the US government during World War II. The camera has an attached Kodak Anastigmat 35 mm lens and comes with a 16 mm magazine loaded by Kodak that says it is property of the United States Government. The camera also comes with a power source and a sealed roll of fifty feet of Cine-Kodak Kodachrome 16 mm film. All of the items come in an original latching box, as shown. Size: 8.25" L x 25.75" W x 4.5" H (21 cm x 65.4 cm x 11.4 cm)
Gun cameras became common in the 1920s (although the British Royal Flying Corps had used them in World War I). In World War II, they were used to record kills of enemy aircraft on both sides of the war, and much of the stock footage we have today from these early air battles comes from cameras like this one. They were designed to be mounted internally in the wings of a fighter or other kind of aircraft, and were activated by a trigger on the pilot's control stick.
Provenance: ex-Historia Antiques, James Caswell, California, USA
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- Condition: Expected wear to various items from age. The wires holding what appears to be a power source have frayed and separated. All components are present.
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