Equipment for hire

Equipment produced by "Bell & Howell".

Famous US makers of movie cameras.

The Bell & Howell 70DL was a high quality, lightweight but very rugged 16mm clockwork silent camera with a three lens turret and corresponding lensed viewfinder. The camera used 100ft of spool-loaded film. With the facility of through-the-lens critical focussing, this camera was an ideal choice for tv news, wildlife, and documentary film makers. The larger picture shows the correct hand-held 'shooting' position and also gives an idea of camera size.

A Soviet era copy of the BELL & HOWELL Spyder EYEMO 35mm movie camera. 100ft loading. Heavy duty.Noisy

The GB Bell & Howell 613H was a 16mm 'silent' amateur movie projector of good quality with variable speeds. Our example is in almost mint condition and fully operational.

The Bell & Howell EYEMO range of 35mm cameras included a turret version called a 'Spyder'. The version pictured is from the early 1940s and has 1-inch, 2-inch & 3-inch Cooke lenses plus a matching optical viewfinder using a simple but effective system of masks and flip-over optics within the viewfinder tunnel. There is also a critical focus device. The basic camera takes 100ft of spool-loaded film, with an additional 400ft magazine and 12v motor attachment. The camera type was used extensively in WW2 for war footage and for newsreel work around the globe. Working condition.

Classic 1940s Bell & Howell EYEMO 71M 35mm clockwork movie camera with 100foot daylight loading spools. This camera has a three-lens turret and corresponding side finder. Fully working, this camera type was used notably, for shooting war footage. Today, several adaptions are still in use shooting 'dangerous' stunts in films. The camera is almost unbreakable...

Double run 8mm camera with a three-lens turret

Well-known 16mm sound projector used by armed services, schools, colleges, industry and well-heeled amateurs. Good operational working order. Supplied with spare lamps and instructions plus a matching large speaker cabinet if required.

A full-sized Bell & Howell 35mm movie camera of the 1930s/1950s with a 1000ft magazine. In fact, the entire camera, based on the ubiquitous Bell & Howell 2709 model is an exact and skillful reproduction, made of wood. This (very lightweight)camera can take HD imaging without detection. Non-functioning.

Two typical 8mm home movie cameras from the late 1950s/1960s. A Bell & Howell Autoset and a Russian-made Quartz. Both cameras in running (whirr) condition