Model 2709 no. 268
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Model 2709 no. 268

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Model 2709 no. 268
Bell & Howell, Chicago; 35mm., black painted metal body with maker's plate, hand-cranked movement, top-mounted 400ft. magazine, four-lens turret with a Cooke Speed Panchro f/2 58mm. lens no. 202043, one mount converted to Nikon Bayonet type, frame counter, rostrum camera motor and controller, two additional magazines (one 400ft., one 400ft. bi-pack)
Provenance
Formerly the property of Billy Sewell; then to Peter Tupys.
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Lot Essay

This 2709 was used by both Sewell and BAFTA award-winning animator Tupys as their rostrum camera. It was acquired by Tupys, on Sewell's death, as part of his studio. As such it is probable, although unconfirmed, that it was used to film the Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds sequence from The Beatles' Yellow Submarine (1968), on which Sewell worked. No. 268 was sold new to the Supply Office of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, 19th Battalion Washington D.C. on 8th June 1918.

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