According to the museum’s news service, the 16mm American-made Oricon camera is among the earliest devices preserved in the museum’s archive for many years.
The film Whirlpool (Gerdab), the first color feature in Iranian cinema, directed by Hassan Khordmand in 1952, was shot with this camera by cinematographer Enayatollah Famin. Produced by Pars Studio, the film premiered on April 20, 1953, and the first behind-the-scenes footage ever recorded in Iranian cinema was also captured with this same device during the making of Whirlpool.
The Oricon 16mm camera was donated to the Cinema Museum of Iran by film producer Siamak Etemadi.