Military Depot Camera Film Repair Parts Lot Bell & Howell Fairchild Hycon 1840

Military Depot Camera Film Repair Parts Lot Bell & Howell Fairchild Hycon 1840 LBS

This is a massive lot of vintage camera and motion picture film equipment repair parts sourced from a military repair depot, dating from the 1970s and 1980s. The lot comprises several full pallets of small labeled parts bins — hundreds of individual drawers — each retaining its original military depot stock label identifying part names, stock numbers, and manufacturer. Manufacturers represented across the bins include Bell & Howell, Fairchild, Hycon, Viewlex, Mitchell, Locam, Hicam, Milliken, Fastair, and Western Electric, among others. No itemized parts list exists; the photos are the best guide to contents.

Specifications & What's Included

• Lot type: Multiple pallets of military depot camera and film equipment repair parts bins
• Overall crate dimensions: 50" x 50" x 65" tall
• Approximate total weight: 1,840 LBS
• Hundreds of individual small parts bins/drawers, most with original military depot stock labels
• Labels identify part name, stock number, manufacturer, and quantity for many bins
• Manufacturers represented: Bell & Howell, Fairchild, Hycon, Viewlex, Mitchell
• Also represented: Locam, Hicam, Milliken, Fastair, Western Electric
• Part types visible in photos include: screws, pins, bushings, gears, springs, gaskets, flat metal components, rubber parts, small assemblies, and misc. hardware
• Bins are housed in a large wood-and-wire pallet crate with diagonal wood bracing
• Sold as-is lot — no itemized inventory list available
• Freight shipment — contact us before purchasing to arrange delivery

Applications

This lot originates from a military repair depot that serviced 16mm and motion picture film cameras used by the U.S. military during the 1970s and 1980s. Cameras like the Fairchild and Hycon were used extensively in aerial reconnaissance and surveillance applications, while Bell & Howell, Mitchell, Locam, and Hicam cameras served military training, documentation, and high-speed photography roles. Milliken and Fastair cameras were known for high-speed and ballistic imaging work. A depot-level repair facility would maintain deep stocks of small replacement parts — screws, pins, shutter components, speed control parts, brackets, and sub-assemblies — exactly what is visible in these bins. This type of lot is of interest to collectors, restorers, cinematography historians, vintage film camera repair technicians, and anyone working to keep this era of military and industrial film equipment operational. Individual bins may contain NOS (new old stock) parts still in original depot packaging.