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 ...

If you are in a position to register these cameras with our ongoing effort to list all the surviving Mitchell cameras, Please contact me: ejohnson@mitchellCamera.com.

David,

Chosei is a DP in Japan. This is just something he knew. No research involved. I will pass on your request but these are pretty private persons in this space. He may be interested in seeing your pix.

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Credit goes to good friend Chosei Fuhahara who tracked this down. ED.