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Abraham Zapruder's Bell + Howell Zoomatic movie camera, in the collection of the US National Archives
Böwe Bell & Howell is a US-based former manufacturer of motion picture cameras and projectors.

According to its charter, Bell + Howell Company was incorporated February 17, 1907. It was duly recorded in the Cook County Record Book eight days later. The first meeting of stockholders took place in the office of Attorney W. G. Strong on February 19 at 10 a. m. The first board of directors was chosen for a term of one year: Donald J. Bell, chairman; Albert Summers Howell, secretary; and Marguerite V. Bell (wife of Donald Bell), vice chairman.

Founded by two projectionists to manufacture motion picture equipment, the firm is currently headquartered in Wheeling, Illinois, the Bell + Howell Company merged with Böwe Systec Inc in 2003 to become Böwe Bell + Howell. Currently, the company provides document processing, microfilmers, scanners, and financial services.

The trademark is also licensed to makers of various electronic consumer products.

History

Historically, Bell & Howell Co. was an important supplier of many different media technologies. The firm added microfilm products in 1946.

The firm built its name making products such as
  • The 2709 Hand Cranked Camera Used in Silent Films. It was so expensive that only Charlie Chaplin and three other people owned one. rest were owned by studios.
  • a rotary framer on 35mm film projectors in 1907,
  • a 35mm film perforator in 1908,
  • Professional 35mm motion-picture film cameras from 1909 on,
  • Printing equipment used by motion-picture film laboratories since 1911,
  • Amateur and newsreel film cameras such as the Filmo (1923) and Eyemo (1925), and Autoload EE (1956),
  • Military 16mm film camera “GSAP” (Gun Sight Air Pilot),
  • Regular-8 and Super-8 film cameras and projectors (all models),
  • 16mm silent and sound projectors (all models),
  • Slide projectors (2" X 2"),
  • Overhead presentation projectors (all models).
Bell + Howell has been the leading supplier of media equipment for schools and offices.

The firm dropped the production of Movie cameras in the early 1970s. The film laboratory line is now a separate company, BHP Inc, which is a division of Research Technology International.

Consumer products

Currently, third-party companies offer a number of consumer products "licensed" under the Bell & Howell name including:
  • Digital Camera (Optical Zoom, Digital Zoom, and Flip Out LCD models)
  • Sunlight Floor Lamp
  • Sunlight Desk Lamp
  • Ionic Whisper Air Purifier and Ionize
  • Alarm System
  • Sonic Earz
  • Bio7 Pain Therapist
  • Solar Powered Flood Lights
  • Noise Reduction Headphones
  • ZX-7 Shaver
The licensing of their name in the consumer products area is clearly a "cash-grab" by the company, as even their Licensing Page indicates that "The Bell & Howell brand name boasts a strong presence in the minds of consumers with over 80 percent brand awareness among adults 35 and older. People associate Bell & Howell with a strong reputation for high quality, dependable products and services."

In fact, the majority of the Bell & Howell consumer products that are for sale "on TV" are distributed by Emson USA - a "TV-only" sales organization not unlike Guthy-Renker or K-Tel. This most likely won't affect Bell & Howell's core business in the future, as the products/software/services they produce and distribute themselves are focused on the Business-to-Business market, as opposed to the Consumer market.

Apple II

For more information see the main article: Apple II

Bell & Howell briefly marketed a version of the Apple II in a dark-grey case to educational institutions.

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Motto
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"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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Manufacturing (from Latin manu factura, "making by hand") is the use of tools and labor to make things for use or sale. The term may refer to a vast range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw
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Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects.
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Wheeling
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Country | United States
State | Illinois

County | Cook

Area | 8.
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State of Illinois

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Nickname(s): Land of Lincoln; The Prairie State
Motto(s): State sovereignty, national union

Official language(s) English[1]

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A microfilmer is a machine used by the document management industry to create microfilm. These machines are also often called "imagers" in the industry. A microfilmer is a camera that is used to photograph documents to create a more compact and permanent record of the original in
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Sir Charles Chaplin

Birth name Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr.
Born 16 March 1889(1889--)
Walworth, London, England
Died 25 November 1977 (aged 88)
Vevey, Switzerland


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Filmo is a series of 16-mm movie equipment made by the Bell & Howell Company. The line included cameras, projectors and accessories like viewers and Splicers.

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Eyemo is a 35 mm motion-picture film camera which was manufactured by the Bell & Howell Co. of Chicago. It is no longer made, but many are still in circulation.

Designed and first manufactured in 1925, it was for many years the most compact 35 mm motion-picture film camera
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movie camera is a type of photographic camera which takes a rapid sequence of photographs on strips of film. In contrast to a still camera, which captures a single snapshot at a time, the movie camera takes a series of images, each called a "frame".
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Abraham Zapruder (May 15, 1905 – August 30, 1970) was an American manufacturer of women's clothing who filmed U.S. President John F. Kennedy's 1963 motorcade traveling through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, and unexpectedly recorded the entire assassination of the President.
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