Bell & Howell

Explore 2 Bell & Howell vintage camera models — specs, production history, reviews, and market values in the VTA archive.

Cameras

• Electric Eye 127 (1958) — A basic box camera with automatic exposure, released during the early wave of consumer-friendly electronic photography. This page has production dates.
• FOTON — A 35mm still camera with spring motor drive, T-stop lens calibration, and separate viewfinder and rangefinder eyepieces, introduced in 1948.

Cine Cameras

• 134 (1940) — The Bell & Howell Filmo 134 (c1937) is a spring-wound double 8mm movie camera with adjustable frame rates up to 64fps. Specs, value, and repair manual info.
• 2709 (1912) — The Bell & Howell 2709 (1912–1958) was the first all-metal 35mm movie camera, hand-cranked at 16fps, and became the Hollywood standard.
• 8MM ELECTRIC EYE — The Bell & Howell 8mm Electric Eye was announced in July 1957 as a "solar-energized" movie camera — the sun itself, or any other light, set the aperture.
• AUTOLOAD SUPER 8 — Bell & Howell Autoload Super 8 — a family of 1960s-70s Super 8 cameras and projectors including the 308, 374, 346A and 356. Thin documentation; 308 dated 1969.
• Eyemo 71 (1925) — The Bell & Howell Eyemo 71 (1925) is a rugged 35mm film camera that shot combat footage in WWII and films like *Psycho*. Specs, history, and collector pricing.
• Filmo 70 (1923) — Bell & Howell Filmo 70 (1923) — the first personal movie camera. Spring-driven 16mm film camera with 3-lens turret, 144° shutter, 100ft load.
• Filmo 70DR — A durable, spring-wound 16mm camera used by combat photographers in the 1930s and beyond. Find production dates here. Find production dates here.
• Filmo Auto-8 (1940) — Bell & Howell Filmo Auto-8 8mm movie camera with dual lens turret and magazine-loading system — a Hollywood-engineered step into home filmmaking.
• Filmo Straight Eight (1935) — Bell & Howell Filmo Straight Eight (1935) — 8mm spring-wound movie camera with EE metering, 24 oz cast body, and proprietary Filmospan film.
• MODEL 70 — Bell & Howell Model 70 — a family of spring-wound 16mm movie cameras released in 1923 at $180, with letter-suffix variants (70A, 70D, 70DR, 70DA.
• ONE NINE — An 8mm spring-wound movie camera introduced in 1953 or c.1958, designed for handheld home filmmaking on Double 8mm film.

Projectors

• Filmosound 179 (1940s) — A 16mm sound projector built for durability and simplicity, widely used in educational and institutional settings. Includes detailed specs.

Other Models

• 127 — A 127 film camera with automatic exposure and fixed focus lens, produced around 1958. Find full specifications and production years here.
• 2709 B — Bell & Howell 2709 B (1912) — aluminum 35mm motion picture camera used by Fox Studios and at Hoover Dam. A foundational piece of early Hollywood.
• camera — Bell & Howell 127 Electric Eye (c1958) — a simple 127 film box camera with automatic electric eye exposure and fixed-focus Argus Lumar lens.
• EYEMO 71 K — A spring motor-driven 35mm motion picture film camera introduced in 1925 and produced for over five decades. Find full specifications here.
• EYEMO 71 N — A compact, spring motor-driven 35mm motion picture camera built for durability and field use. Covers the complete spec table and when it was made.
• EYEMO 71 Q — A compact, spring-driven 35mm motion picture camera built for durability and rapid deployment in field production. With the complete spec table.