General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Predominantly metal splicer has grey mottled finish; black moulded synthetic fittings. Fitted on splicer is roll of clear synthetic adhesive tape. Off-white masking and adhesive tape applied to splicer.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

16.0 cm

Width

16.0 cm

Height

10.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Catozzo

Country

Italy

State/Province

Unknown

City

Rome

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

Unknown

Canada

Owned and used by Canadian film maker Bill Mason, who achieved international recognition for his wilderness and canoeing documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s.

Function

Device used to trim, prepare and clamp film for tape splice.

Technical

The Bill Mason collection consists of typical cameras and other equipment in the 16 mm format widely used by documentary film makers in Canada in this period. Working alone or with his assistant, Mason's rough editing on a work print was done in a small cabin near his house on Meech Lake using a simple viewer, scissors and a splicer. He did borrow a Steenbeck editing table from the NFB for some films, which speeded up but did not substantially change this process. The resulting “colour cutting copy” was sent to the NFB where professional staff cut the camera original or a copy negative from which distribution copies would be made. [Ref. 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"made in Italy by/ OFFICINE MECCANICHE/ DR. LEO CATOZZO/ 00050 SANTA SEVERA (ROMA)/ TEL. 0766/78008 - 78181" printed on decal applied to underside of base. "FBA/ A-2025" cast in raised print on underside of base. "FP/ A-2022: cast in raised print on underside of handle. "Improved/ Lever/ Pat.-/ Pending" printed on label applied to underside of handle. " [M] ASON" printed by hand in black marker on tape label applied to lever top. "POLI[CE]/ SURETE DU [QUEBEC]/ CET OBJET EST/ PROTEGE PAR/ [illegible]" printed on damaged label under tape. "M2 - 16 mm - 2T./ MADE IN ITALY - PATENTED" printed on decal applied to lever hinge. "KEN BUCK 827-0734" printed by hand in red marked on label applied to underside of base. "B200[illegible]/ 260144-0" incised in underside of splicer. Other cast markings present on underside are obscured by tape labels.

Missing

Unknown.

Finish

Predominantly metal splicer has grey mottled finish; black moulded synthetic fittings. Fitted on splicer is roll of clear synthetic adhesive tape. Off-white masking and adhesive tape applied to splicer.

Decoration

N/A