Inventor of the battery belt used for Portable lighting/Cameras U.S. No. 3274476 The Originators in NYC 1960
A man becomes known by his works' is a familiar refrain. None is better known than Paul Wildum, the founder of Cine 60 in New York, the inventor of the universally-used fiberglass blimp and the power-belt. These two items alone have endeared him to professional camera-men coast to coast. T
hese two products of an inventive and fertile mind have made filmmaking more flexible-have helped to carry it outdoors and given it vistas it didn't have before. Originally Paul Wildum, arrived from Germany as an expert on the Arriflex cameras, since becoming very popular. A battery means different things to different people. To some it lights up a whole city, to others it powers industry, runs transport, is involved in all facets of civilized living. It even flashes light into dark corners of your closet or living room. To Paul Wildum it means light-weight power than can be comfortably carried in a belt around one's waist. Specifically it means power that can be used for a Motion Picture camera, Portable HMI/SUNGUN, thus making its use professional, practical, flexible, omni-present. CINE 60 in NEW YORK where it all began...
