Bell and Howell is a United States brand of cameras, lenses, and motion picture machinery. It was originally founded as a company in 1907, and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. The company was
Original headquarters in Chicago
A Bell & Howell "Regent" 8mm home projector
Bell & Howell 16mm silent film projector Filmo 129
Film perforations are the holes placed in the film stock during manufacturing at regular intervals. Perforations are used for transporting and steadying the film when moving through a motion picture c
Bell & Howell
…Charles H. Percy BH Film perforation TeleMation Inc. In 1977, TeleMation inc. became a division of Bell and Howell…
Perforations on Standard (left) and Super (right) 8 mm film
A short strip of 35mm camera film. Note the curved nature of its BH perforations