Kodak Brownie 8mm movie camera

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Kodak 8mm Brownie movie camera used by Texas School Book Depository employee Elsie Dorman to film President Kennedy's motorcade in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963. Dorman filmed from the fourth floor of the Book Depository.

Object Details

Object title:

Kodak Brownie 8mm movie camera

Date:

circa 1956

Terms:

Motorcade

Cameras

Eyewitnesses

Films

Dorman, Elsie

Texas School Book Depository

Kodak

Dallas

Medium:

Metal, Glass, Plastic

Dimensions:

5 x 2 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (12.7 x 6.4 x 15.9 cm)

Credit line:

Elsie Dorman Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2003.050.0001

Curatorial Note:

Elsie Dorman's son, James H. Dorman, recorded an oral history about his late mother and her film on November 18, 2002. - Stephen Fagin, Curator