Mansfield Argus Holiday Electromatic 8
Mansfield Argus Holiday Electromatic 8 Movie Camera
Mansfield Industries was a Chicago-based company that distributed movie cameras, projectors, accessories and imported cameras which were re-badged with its logo from the late 1950s into the mid-1960s. Its various product lines included the names: Fairfield, Holiday, Skylark, Starlite and Ultra. In 1962 Mansfield Industries bought Argus from General Telephone and Electronics (GTE had acquired Sylvania, with its 1957 Argus holdings, in 1961). Mansfield appropriated the better-known Argus name and named itself as a division of Argus. It moved the Argus-Mansfield headquarters to Chicago, Illinois, although some manufacturing facilities remained in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1965 Sylvania reacquired Argus. Vintage guess on this camera is early 1970s, the camera appers in good used condition., inserted 2 AA batteries with no effect. This used Argus Movie Camera is sold as a collectible and sold as is.
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