Thornton Pickard MKIII H gun camera
- PART OF:
- The Kodak Museum Collection
- Made:
- 1916 in Altrincham
Thornton Pickard Mark III H (Hythe) gun camera, manufactured 1916. Gunnery training camera in form of Lewis Gun. 2 1/4 rollfilm (film carrier missing) wound on by cocking gun. Long focus lens with three blade shutter in barrel. Fired by pulling the trigger. Punch to mark off exposures. Graticule (missing) to indicate aiming success. Automatic exposure counter to 14. Thornton Pickard. Mounted on wooden display stand.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/3367
- Materials:
- steel (metal), wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
- Measurements:
-
gun: 290 mm x 975 mm x 110 mm,
plinth: 20 mm x 1020 mm x 175 mm,
- type:
- gun camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
