<s>
The	O
Victor	B-General_Concept
Animatograph	I-General_Concept
Corporation	I-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
maker	O
of	O
projection	O
equipment	O
founded	O
in	O
1910	O
in	O
Davenport	O
,	O
Iowa	O
by	O
Swedish-born	O
American	O
inventor	O
Alexander	O
F	O
.	O
Victor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
firm	O
introduced	O
its	O
first	O
16	O
mm	O
camera	O
and	O
movie	B-Application
projector	I-Application
on	O
August	O
12	O
,	O
1923	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
Eastman	O
Kodak	O
introduced	O
the	O
Cine-Kodak	B-Algorithm
and	O
Kodascope	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Victor	O
advertised	O
through	O
his	O
entire	O
career	O
thereafter	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
marketed	O
the	O
first	O
16mm	O
equipment	O
,	O
but	O
his	O
claim	O
was	O
incorrect	O
by	O
several	O
weeks	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
Cine-Kodak	B-Algorithm
had	O
been	O
introduced	O
in	O
July	O
,	O
substantially	O
earlier	O
than	O
Victor	O
's	O
August	O
marketing	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neither	O
camera	O
sold	O
in	O
large	O
numbers	O
,	O
but	O
Victor	O
followed	O
in	O
1927	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
successful	O
camera	O
modeled	O
on	O
the	O
Bell	O
&	O
Howell	O
Filmo	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
