P3D 3-D HOME MOVIES 50s STYLE?

["Ray Moxom" <raymoxom@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

TOPIC: 3-D HOME MOVIES ë50s STYLE?
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While looking for 1950s stereo camera images to scan for our local club 
bulletin, I came across a news item about this strange contraception for 
making and viewing 8mm stereo movies.  

The item is reproduced below.

3-D Home Movies (from April 1959 Australian Photo Digest)
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For stereo fans a German firm has designed a combined cine camera and 
3-D viewer.  This takes double-8 mm. Spools of film, run horizontally 
through the camera, while twin f/2.8 lenses produce stereo pairs of 
frames side by side.  The film drive is by an electric motor powered 
from single  cells or a  small rechargeable battery.  After processing 
and slitting in the usual way, the same film is run again through the 
camera.  This time the taking lenses serve for viewing the enlarged 
images which are illuminated by a built-in lighting system.  The whole 
unit weighs about 2 lbs., and measures some 6º x 5º x 2º inches - small 
enough to fit into a reasonable sized coat pocket.
*** END OF EXTRACT FROM Photo Digest***

This could be one for the Stereo Historians to follow up.

Has anyone heard of this stereo movie camera/viewer?

Does anyone have one?  

Ray Moxom, Sydney Australia



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