An interesting item at the Barriere Museum is one of the first home movie cameras.
The Yashica Super 8 movie camera was first released in the late 1950s, and was used to film home movies or videos. They used film to produce pictures which, when played at a certain speed, would create the effect of a video. The videos were often very short and had no sound to them.
The Yashica 8 is a typical home movie camera of the time. Feature-wise it was considered to be a basic model, but it is well-built, with a die-cast aluminum body and good quality for its positioning.
The release date of the Yashica 8 movie camera is quoted as either 1957 (Camera-wiki.org) or 1958, as claimed at Photokina in Germany.
Different film cameras used a variety of sizes of film, and most required you to wind them up first. All film required you to develop it before watching any videos.
If you would like to see this camera in person or look at any other historical artifacts, please feel free to visit the Barriere Museum and Archives at 343 Lilley Road. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
