aerial camera
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20020045-452.1
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Folmer & Schwing Division., Eastman Kodak Co
- Date Made 1905-1927
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom, England
- Category Tools and equipment for communication
- Sub-category Photographic tools and equipment
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1905/01/01
- Latest 1927/12/31
- Brand Name / Model Model A1
- Inscription F & S AERO CAMERA; (tension and speed grid); FOLMER & SCHWING DIVISION ; EASTMAN KODAK CO.; 15415 ROCHESTER N.Y. U.S.A; on cartridge: FOLMER & SCHWING DIVISION ; EASTMAN KODAK CO.; 12528 ROCHESTER N.Y. U.S.A
- Materials Metal, Wood, Mammal skin, Mammal leather, Glass, Felt
- Service Component Royal Flying Corps
- Measurements Height 28.5 cm, Length 29.5 cm, Width 44.0 cm
- Related activity Aerial photographer
- Caption Aerial Camera, Folmer & Schwing Model A1
- Additional Information At 4,800 metres, one photograph could cover 9 square kilometres. Intelligence officers pieced together the images to form a larger picture of enemy lines, and then transferred this information to maps for issue to ground forces.