Editing Fairchild Camera and Instrument (section)

===Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation===
In 1944, Fairchild changed the company name from Fairchild Aviation to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation. Its product portfolio expanded during [[World War II]] from aerial photography equipment to include [[machine gun]] cameras, [[x-ray]] cameras, [[radar]] cameras, gun synchronizers, and [[radio compass]]es.

After the war, military sales still represented a large portion of Fairchild's revenue. The company won a [[U.S. Air Force]] contract for the [[C-82 Packet]] cargo and troop-carrying airplanes and spare parts. The company then began to develop products for the commercial sector such as manufacturing x-ray equipment. In 1948, the company introduced the Fairchild Lithotype for the newspaper and publishing industry. It was described as "a revolutionary machine that types standard printers' type in a great variety of faces and sizes."

During the 1950s, Fairchild invested heavily in research and development, and introduced new products that ranged from devices combining radar and photography for training pilots to automatic corrected color engraving machines. In 1958 it developed high-speed processing equipment for motion pictures that could develop 500 feet of film almost instantly.

The Fairchild Company in America introduced in the early 1960s a range of Cinephonic cameras. They used pre-striped Standard 8 film. The amplifier was transistorised and the sound separation was 56 frames. The entire system was run by a rechargeable 12-volt nickel-cadmium battery that was reputed to shoot and record 800&nbsp;ft of film without being recharged. The camera took 8mm film in 100&nbsp;ft reels which gave five and a half minutes shooting at a speed of 24&nbsp;fps.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wade|first=John|title=The Collector's Guide to Cine Cameras|publisher=Steyning Photo Books Llp|year=2000|isbn=9781897802182|language=English}}</ref>