Not off to a good start

[Canuck935]

Ouch. Looks like it got snagged on something then tore. Hopefully it was a freak thing and your next roll won't suffer the same fate. In fact, I have never seen this before. Plenty of broken film yes, but never actually broken in the camera like that. The closest is the edges getting chewed up from overzealous winding, but not actually torn apart completely. Not even after working in a high volume photo lab for a couple of years.

[cameron665]

Interesting failure mode. I haven't seen a film tear in half before, only get chewed up. I was a bit worried about this when I got my Vito B as the sprocket that sets the shutter is incredibly hard to turn with your fingers. However, it all worked ok. Did the film counter count down as you wound the winder? Give it another go but maybe with an expendable film. They are great little cameras.