Vintage Film Camera Repair Parts Lot Bell & Howell Fairchild Mitchell Hycon

Vintage Film Camera Repair Parts Lot Bell & Howell Fairchild Mitchell Hycon

This is a massive professional repair depot parts lot containing thousands of individual vintage film camera components organized in hundreds of labeled plastic bin drawers, stored across multiple large wooden pallet crates. The lot was assembled from a working repair depot and covers a wide range of manufacturers and camera models. Bins are individually labeled by part number and model — many labels are clearly legible and reference specific camera assemblies by brand and part number. No complete itemized inventory list is available; buyers are strongly encouraged to review the full photo set and schedule an in-person viewing appointment to assess the contents firsthand.

Specifications & What's Included

• Multiple large wooden pallet crates packed with hundreds of labeled plastic parts bins
• Brands represented: Bell & Howell, Fairchild, Hycon, Mitchell, Milliken, Locam, Hicam, Viewlex, Fastair
• Part types visible: mechanical assemblies, sprocket wheels, wheel blocks, wiring assemblies, clutches, covers, watch assemblies, rollers, springs, hardware fasteners, leathers/gaskets, optical components, and more
• Sample labeled parts visible in photos include: Wheel Block Fairchild (552-901-12), Wiring Assembly Fairchild (737-423), Clutch Norton (301-796), Watch Assembly C-15 Camera (556-BH36), Cover Recording Chamber Fairchild (556-BH35-1), Sprocket Wheel Mag Camera, Super 8 / 16mm camera components
• Bins stored in original repair depot organization with handwritten part number and model labels
• Several separate pallet crates — each with a different assortment of parts
• No itemized master parts list is available
• In-person viewing available by appointment

Applications

This lot is a significant find for film camera repair technicians, restoration specialists, collectors, and cinematography historians. Bell & Howell, Fairchild, Mitchell, and Hycon were major manufacturers of professional and industrial 16mm and 35mm motion picture cameras used extensively from the 1940s through the 1980s in broadcast, military, scientific, and documentary filmmaking. Mitchell cameras in particular were a mainstay of Hollywood production for decades; Bell & Howell and Fairchild supplied cameras widely to the U.S. military and aerospace/reconnaissance programs. Locam and Hicam cameras were high-speed scientific and industrial cameras used in research and defense applications. Parts for these cameras are no longer manufactured and are increasingly scarce — repair depots and restoration shops that still service this equipment rely entirely on old stock like this lot. This collection represents an exceptional source of otherwise unobtainable mechanical, optical, and hardware components for anyone servicing or restoring these historic cameras.