Bell & Howell Magazine 16 Model 200
Camera
Bell & Howell Company
American, 1907–1980
Bell & Howell Magazine 16 Model 200
1951
Metal, glass and leather
Overall (camera): 5 1/8 × 2 3/8 × 7 1/8 in., 2.7 lb. (13 × 6 × 18.1 cm, 1.2 kg)
Overall (original box): 3 1/8 × 9 1/4 × 6 7/8 in., 1.1 lb. (7.9 × 23.5 × 17.4 cm, 0.5 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0117
DescriptionSerial# 876754 Brown, leather bound, brushed metal, rectangular, 16mm, spring motor operated, motion picture camera with double lens turret, f/2.5 lens, optical eye level viewfinder, fps dial, winding key, lock-run shutter control, single frame exposure switch, exposure guide and leather handle in original box. The camera accepts magazine cartridges.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver on fps dial on right side of camera: SPEED, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 / Embossed in silver on product label on front of camera: BELL & HOWELL 16 MM / Engraved in black on lens on front of camera: BELL & HOWELL CO. ANSIX 1 INCH f/2.5 ELC MADE IN U.S.A., f 2.5, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16 / Engraved in silver on eye level viewfinder on front of camera: B & H FILMO 16 FOR 1 INCH LENS / Printed in brown and silver on exposure guide on left side of camera: 16 MM MAGAZINE CAMERA·200 Bell & Howell CHICAGO MADE IN U.S.A., SUNNY CLOUDY, BRIGHT,, HAZY, LIGHT, DULL, NOT SHADED, LIGHTLY SHADED, HEAVILY SHADED, 22, 16, 16, 11, 22, 11, 8, 16, 8, 5.6, NOT SHADED, LIGHTLY SHADED, HEAVILY SHADED, CAMERA SPEED, 64, 48, 32, 24, 16, 8, FRAMES PER SECOND, EXPOSURE INDEX, 150, 125, 100, 80, 64, 50, 40, 32, 24, 20, 16, 12, 10, 8 / Engraved in brown on product label on left side of camera: BELL & HOWELL 16MM / Printed in black on white label on top of camera: Bell & Howell "200" 16mm. Magazine Camera (2 lens Turret) 301-B15/16, Bell & Howell, Chic. Recieved 11/30/1951 / Engraved in black inside footage compartment: PAT'D. IN U.S.A. & FOREIGN COUNTRIES PAT'S. PENDING / Engraved in silver inside footage compartment: 876754
