Bolex Laillard 16MM Movie Camera with Zoom Lens, 1970s
There was a time when video cameras was not used simply because no one knew how the courts would rule on video footage as covert surveillance footage. right before and advent of covert video surveillance cameras, most surveillance investigative agencies where using a Bolex 16mm camera. You would wind the camera with the crank (as shown above) and it was made in a way that various attachable lenses could be used with it. State-of-the art for it's time, the Bolex was one of the best surveillance movie cameras for it's time.

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