What 1937 German Camera/Lens Company Was This...??

[DF]

Appr. 3 minutes 45 seconds into this YouTube Video shows assembly line workers painstakingly putting together cameras & lenses, but which company I couldn't tell, othet than perhaps Zess - Leica - who knows...??
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[choiliefan]

Appears to be the Leitz Leica factory.

 

[DF]

Appears to be the Leitz Leica factory.

Yes it certainly does. Of course there were a good number German camera & lens makers, many with a somewhat shared resemblance to the basic rangefinder of the time.
Here's another, maybe the same factory, about 4.04 minutes into this one:

 

[Don_ih]

Leitz

That'd be a IIIa or IIIb.

 

[mshchem]

Leitz

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That'd be a IIIa or IIIb.

Well my Leica II was made in 1932 so that's not my camera . So much for fame

 

[mshchem]

Such a beautiful place.

 

[DF]

What - only five (5) responses???!!!
I was sure my fascinating thread would draw dozens, atleast, but clearly here it's

 

[koraks]

What - only five (5) responses???!!!

Count yourself lucky; last time this was posted, it received only one comment and that was deleted by its poster: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...rom-1937-germany-visits-leica-factory.211942/

 

[runswithsizzers]

What - only five (5) responses???!!!

Life is too short to watch YouTube videos.

 

[BMbikerider]

Yes it certainly does. Of course there were a good number German camera & lens makers, many with a somewhat shared resemblance to the basic rangefinder of the time.
Here's another, maybe the same factory, about 4.04 minutes into this one:

I lived near there in 1979 and it is Koln (Cologne) and the river is the Rhein