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Bell & Howell Model DR 16mm movie camera
Bell & Howell Model DR 16mm movie camera

Bell & Howell Model DR 16mm movie camera

Object number1996.026.0001
Datecirca 1960
ClassificationsArtifacts
ObjectCamera
Credit LineBert N. Shipp, WFAA-TV News Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumMetal, Glass, Plastic
Collections
Description16mm Bell & Howell FILMO 70-DL movie camera used by WFAA-TV chief photographer Bert Shipp for his assignments the weekend of the Kennedy assassination. Shipp was stationed at the Trade Mart to cover the president's arrival, then hurried to Parkland Hospital after the president's limousine raced past the Trade Mart without stopping. This camera, which did not have sound capability, was typical of those used by television photographers in 1963.
Curatorial Commentary
Bert Shipp's camera, along with the cameras of other assassination eyewitnesses, is featured in our sixth floor exhibit "John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation" in a section about photographers and evidence. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections