It cranks easily and fluidly. It has the rare single frame gearing where you place the crank in the rear of the camera. I knew this existed but I have never personally seen this option before. One really unusual thing about this motion picture camera is that the original domed glass lens over the footage gage still there. On almost every Debrie camera I have ever seen this glass has been broken and replaced with a flat plastic window. The black light trap eyepiece is there, in amazing condition too. The frame punch is here and works like the day it came from the factory. It is the round metal ring between the 1:1 crank shaft and the black light trap eye piece.