A 1950s advert for a Bell & Howell sportster 8mm cine-camera – it appeared in British magazine in 1953. Making and showing home movies became a popular hobby in the 1950s as the cost of the camera, projector and developing became within reach of the middle classes. Here it is available by mail-order. 8mm (and Kodak’s Super-8) film was the way to capture moving images – sound recording became an option later. Bell & Howell was founded in 1907 by two projectionists and was originally based in Wheeling, Illinois, USA – vintage nineteen-fifties graphics for editorial use.


A 1950s advert for a Bell & Howell sportster 8mm cine-camera – it appeared in British magazine in 1953. Making and showing home movies became a popular hobby in the 1950s as the cost of the camera, projector and developing became within reach of the middle classes. Here it is available by mail-order. 8mm (and Kodak’s Super-8) film was the way to capture moving images – sound recording became an option later. This was before the age of the video camera – then mobile phone technology gave everyone the chance to be a cinematographer. Bell & Howell is now an American services organisation. But it formerly made cameras, lenses and motion-picture machinery. It was founded in 1907 by two projectionists and was originally based in Wheeling, Illinois – vintage nineteen-fifties graphics for editorial use.


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Location: UK
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
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