citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message a bell & howell regent 8mm home projector specimen stock certificate play media operating the bell & howell filmo 16mm projector bell & howell is a u.s. based former manufacturer of motion picture machinery founded in 1907 by two projectionists and headquartered in wheeling illinois . the company now provides inserting and finishing solutions for letters and parcels document processing microfilmers scanners and financial services . the bell & howell trademark is also licensed to makers of various electronic consumer products . 1 contents 1 history 2 consumer products 3 apple ii 4 education group 5 gallery 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit according to its charter the bell & howell company was incorporated on february 17 1907 . it was duly recorded in the cook county record book eight days later . the first meeting of stockholders took place in the office of attorney w. g. strong on february 19 at 10 a. m. the first board of directors was chosen for a term of one year donald joseph bell 1869 1934 chairman ; albert summers howell 1879 1951 secretary ; and marguerite v. bell wife of donald bell vice chairman . 2 austin delaney was president of bell and howell in canada in the 1960s and 1970s before moving with his family from england . historically bell & howell co. was an important supplier of many different media technologies . the firm built its name making products such as a rotary framer on 35mm film projectors in 1907 a 35mm film perforator in 1908 professional 35mm motion picture film cameras from 1909 on printing equipment used by motion picture film laboratories since 1911 the standard cinematograph type 2709 hand cranked camera used in early silent films it was so expensive that only charlie chaplin and three other people owned one 1 . the rest were owned by studios newsreel and amateur film cameras such as the filmo end of 1923 and eyemo 1925 and autoload ee 1956 military 16mm film gun camera type n 6a regular 8 and super 8 film cameras and projectors all models 16mm silent and sound projectors all models slide projectors 2 x 2 overhead presentation projectors all models in 1934 bell & howell introduced the first light weight amateur 8 mm movie camera in which the film was loaded in a cassette that allowed daylight loading and unloading . 3 although known for manufacturing their film projectors a partnership with canon between 1961 1976 added still photography to their product lineup their 35mm slr cameras were manufactured by canon with the bell & howell logo in its place . the firm dropped the production of movie cameras in the early 1970s . bell & howell is a supplier of media equipment for schools and offices . the film laboratory line is now a separate company bhp inc which is a division of research technology international . the firm added microfilm products in 1946 . it purchased university microfilms international in the 1980s . umi produced a product called proquest . in the 2000s bell and & howell decided to focus on their information technology businesses . the imaging business was sold to eastman kodak and the international mail business was sold to pitney bowes . on june 6 2001 bell & howell became proquest company nyse pqe . 4 in september 2001 the remaining industrial businesses along with the bell & howell name were sold to private equity firm glencoe capital . the company merged with the north american arm of b we systec inc. in 2003 ; b we systec later acquired the entire company . it was known as b we bell & howell until 2011 when versa capital management bought the company from bankruptcy and returned it to its original name . 5 they also had an electronics and instrumentation division on lennox road basingstoke uk . this facility produced several different types of transducers for applications such as north sea oil platforms and the ariane space vehicles . 6 consumer products edit currently third party companies offer a number of consumer products licensed under the bell & howell name including 35mm cameras alarm systems air purifiers digital cameras electric shavers handheld lcd televisions heat therapy devices noise reduction headphones personal sound amplifiers portable radios solar powered floodlights sunlight desk lamps sunlight floor lamps tac light apple ii edit main article apple ii bell & howell marketed a specially designed apple ii plus computer to the educational market beginning in july 1979 . the modified apple had additional security elements for classroom use such as a tamper proof cover . the case color was black but the inside was a standard apple ii plus . 7 8 education group edit bell & howell founded an education group within their company in 1907 . this education group created bell & howell schools in 1966 . in that same year the education group purchased a controlling share of devry institute of technology . two years later in 1968 bell & howell s education group via a controlling interest in devry acquired ohio institute of technology in columbus ohio . 9 over the years the education group has bought and sold large interests in a variety of educational organizations and institutions . gallery edit bell & howell 16mm silent film projector filmo 129 bell & howell 8mm amateur camera filmo straight eight bell howell zoomatic movie camera used to shoot the zapruder film in the collection of the u.s. national archives bell & howell 8mm home camera educational version of apple ii computer bell & howell s former western united states regional headquarters at 623 circle seven drive formerly 623 rodier drive in glendale california see also edit charles h. percy abraham zapruder bh film perforation telemation inc. in 1977 telemation inc. became a division of bell and howell . pocket comparator references edit notes bell howell . bellhowell.com . retrieved 2014 08 16 . http connection.ebscohost.com c articles 27346979 donald j bell 1869 1934 albert s howell 1879 1951 movie camera has magazine for daylight loading popular mechanics july 1934 article bottom page 91 paula j. hane 2001 06 11 . bell & howell becomes proquest company . newsbreaks.infotoday.com . retrieved 2014 08 16 . judge oks 80m versa bid for bowe bell & howell senior process engineer . books.google.co.nz . 1982 10 07 . retrieved 2014 08 16 . apple and bell & howell enter education market . intelligent machines journal . infoworld media group . 1 11 77 . july 18 1979 . issn 0199 6649 . apple ii plus bell & howell model introduction . the mac geek . pearl city networks . 2010 . retrieved august 2013 . check date values in access date help page six of the ohio institute of technology student hand book from the school year 1974 1975 bibliography unlocking the vault dated november 13 2000 viewed december 7 2006 bhp inc website viewed december 7 2006 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to bell & howell . official website european & international sector . the zapruder camera bell & howell 414pd director series overview and user s manual . v t e devry education group divisions american university of the caribbean becker professional education carrington college chamberlain college of nursing devry university ross university school of medicine ross university school of veterinary medicine related bell & howell v t e academy honorary award 1928 1950 warner bros. charlie chaplin 1928 walt disney 1932 shirley temple 1934 d. w. griffith 1935 the march of time w. howard greene and harold rosson 1936 edgar bergen w. howard greene museum of modern art film library mack sennett 1937 j. arthur ball walt disney deanna durbin and mickey rooney gordon jennings jan domela devereaux jennings irmin roberts art smith farciot edouart loyal griggs loren l. ryder harry d. mills louis mesenkop walter oberst oliver t. marsh and allen davey harry warner 1938 douglas fairbanks judy garland william cameron menzies motion picture relief fund jean hersholt ralph morgan ralph block conrad nagel technicolor company 1939 bob hope nathan levinson 1940 walt disney william garity john n. a. hawkins and the rca manufacturing company leopold stokowski and his associates rey scott british ministry of information 1941 charles boyer no l coward metro goldwyn mayer 1942 george pal 1943 bob hope margaret o brien 1944 republic studio daniel j. bloomberg and the republic studio sound department walter wanger the house i live in peggy ann garner 1945 harold russell laurence olivier ernst lubitsch claude jarman jr. 1946 james baskett thomas armat william nicholas selig albert e. smith and george kirke spoor bill and coo shoeshine 1947 walter wanger monsieur vincent sid grauman adolph zukor 1948 jean hersholt fred astaire cecil b. demille the bicycle thief 1949 louis b. mayer george murphy the walls of malapaga 1950 1951 1975 gene kelly rashomon 1951 merian c. cooper bob hope harold lloyd george mitchell joseph m. schenck forbidden games 1952 20th century fox film corporation bell & howell company joseph breen pete smith 1953 bausch & lomb optical company danny kaye kemp niver greta garbo jon whiteley vincent winter gate of hell 1954 samurai i musashi miyamoto 1955 eddie cantor 1956 society of motion picture and television engineers gilbert m. broncho billy anderson charles brackett b. b. kahane 1957 maurice chevalier 1958 buster keaton lee de forest 1959 gary cooper stan laurel hayley mills 1960 william l. hendricks fred l. metzler jerome robbins 1961 william j. tuttle 1964 bob hope 1965 yakima canutt y. frank freeman 1966 arthur freed 1967 john chambers onna white 1968 cary grant 1969 lillian gish orson welles 1970 charlie chaplin 1971 charles s. boren edward g. robinson 1972 henri langlois groucho marx 1973 howard hawks jean renoir 1974 mary pickford 1975 1976 2000 margaret booth 1977 walter lantz laurence olivier king vidor museum of modern art department of film 1978 hal elias alec guinness 1979 henry fonda 1980 barbara stanwyck 1981 mickey rooney 1982 hal roach 1983 james stewart national endowment for the arts 1984 paul newman alex north 1985 ralph bellamy 1986 eastman kodak company national film board of canada 1988 akira kurosawa 1989 sophia loren myrna loy 1990 satyajit ray 1991 federico fellini 1992 deborah kerr 1993 michelangelo antonioni 1994 kirk douglas chuck jones 1995 michael kidd 1996 stanley donen 1997 elia kazan 1998 andrzej wajda 1999 jack cardiff ernest lehman 2000 2001 present sidney poitier robert redford 2001 peter o toole 2002 blake edwards 2003 sidney lumet 2004 robert altman 2005 ennio morricone 2006 robert f. boyle 2007 lauren bacall roger corman gordon willis 2009 kevin brownlow jean luc godard eli wallach 2010 james earl jones dick smith 2011 d. a. pennebaker hal needham george stevens jr. 2012 angela lansbury steve martin piero tosi 2013 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