I have had discussions in the past about this listing with the folk at Seawood. First. If this is NC 397, Company records show that canera to have been sold to a person (Tsiu Yung Lee) in China on 9/2/47. By the pictures, I figure this camera has been repainted. Second. Company records indicate that...

Boyd, Consider adding your 16 pro in our registry. Currently, our detailed info on 16 pros is a bit sparse but we do have the sales/production dates. There are some here who woukd be interested in whatever parts you have. Would be interested in more on your Newall. Elsewhere in the forums there is i...

Gcoutts. My sincere apologies about the origin of BNC#17. The information I had back in 2017 was from a magazine article that has been since found to have a number of errors. In checking the actual records we now have, BNC#17 was actually a studio camera purchased by Universal Pictures Corp. On June...

My understanding if this term BNC relates to the base NC camera. The NC was the outcome of a less noisy camera designed for Westinghouse newsreel operations which became the "news(reel) camera" or NC. When studios asked for a Mitchell design to replace the add-on blimps made in-house or available fr...

Welcome Brendon.

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Neil, Already have restored 16Pro#333 with blimp. Can be seen in stop motion 360° animation with my other cameras under the "Member's Articles" tab: http://www.mitchellcamera.com/blimpedcameras.html it is the 6th video down. Please note the registration can be transfered for the first relisting for ...

Ah, you are the person who bought the Hughes Tool Company camera! That was a good price! Cannot quite make out the serial number 190? Would be from early 1951.

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Do they look different? These are just serial numbers. Like all Mitchell cameras, there was a wide selection of motors available: 4 types of Synchronous motors including multi duty, interlock or straight synchronous in 96v-220v, AC/DC, single or 3 phase and 50hz or 60hz versions; A variable speed mo...

Congrats on joining the Worrell world. Luckily you live in the LA area. If you can pull the other gear set, there should be a number of area machinest shops capable of making matching replacements from scratch. You might need to shop around. You could even find someone who can take it apart and pit ...

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