Type AN-N6 Camera Gun: United States Army Air Force

Type AN-N6 Camera Gun or gun sight aiming point camera, the body made of pressed steel, fitted with a Kodak Anastigmat f3.5 35mm lens with a yellow filter. This style of gun camera was for 16mm movie film. The camera is activated by the firing button, which is linked to the camera by a 24 volt four plug electrical pin link mounted on the right hand side of the body. The upper body displays painted modifications in yellow paint (MODS -22/1; 23/2; 22/5). There is a speed indicator (missing its knob on this example) and a film indicator dial. The rear of the camera can be opened via two sliding knobs (one is missing from this example) for loading the removing the 16mm film which was supplied by Eastman Kodak in 5 x 3 inch metal cassettes containing 50 ft. of standard 16mm motion picture film. The cassettes were pre-loaded with B&W or color negative film.

Four mounts are supplied on the base but the accompanying mounting base plate is missing, Gun cameras were usually mounted in one of the wings and lined up with the guns.

This AN-N6 Camera gun was manufactured in New York, USA, during the 1960s by Fairchild Aviation Corporation. It fitted (amongst other aircraft) a CAC Sabre aircraft and was the mounting was designed to trip an electric solonoid and take footage whenever the aircraft fired its guns, to record the results of that firing. The standard film cassettes on these cameras was 50 ft. of standard 16mm motion picture film either black and white or colour.