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MOVIE MAKERS
Joseph H. McNabb,
Bell & Howell
President, dies
JOSEPH H. McNABB, ACL, president and chairman of the board of the Bell & Howell Company, died January 5 at the age of sixty one in Chicago's Lutheran Deaconess Hospital.
A charter Life Member of the Amateur Cinema League, Mr. McNabb was one of the true pioneers of amateur motion pictures. His vital and friendly
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JOSEPH H. McNABB, ACL, president and chairman of the board of the Bell & Howell Company, who died January 5 at the age of 61. He was a Life Member of ACL.
interest in that field was indicated as early as July 28. 1926, when he was among the fifty seven persons at the League's founding luncheon, held in the Hotel Biltmore in New York City.
Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Mr. McNabb served with various railroads in the United States from 1902 until 1916, when he joined the young Bell & Howell Company as general manager. Six years later, at the age of thirty five, Mr. McNabb became president and chairman of the board, positions which he held until his death.
During Mr. McNabb's regime, Bell & Howell grew from an organization of eighty employees to one of roughly 3000 persons and from a gross annual volume of $163,000 to its present annual business of $22,000,000. Mr. McNabb, collaborating with George Eastman, helped standardize 16mm. film for amateur equipment, while the spring driven 16mm. camera he and Albert S. Howell developed was among the first to be offered in connection with the new film in 1924. Bell & Howell's latest development under Mr. McNabb was the Foton, a rapid sequence 35mm. still camera that introduced the sensational T stop
PROFESSIONAL JUNIOR
CAMERA EQUIPMENT
Interchangeable-Removable Head Tripods
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FRICTION TYPE
Handles 16mm. EK Cine Special with or without motor; 35mm. DeVry; B&H Eyemo with motor and 400' magazine; and all 16mm. handheld cameras. Head is interchangeable with the Gear Drive head. Both types fit "Professional Junior" standard tripod base. "Hi-Hat" and "Baby" all-metal tripod base.
GEAR DRIVE
The head, made of Dow Metal magnesium, weighs but 5'/2 lbs. and is interchangeable with the Friction type head. It handles all types of cameras. Snapon metal cranks control pan and tilt action from both sides. Worm-driven gears are Gov't spec, bronze.
Standard Tripod But and Collapsible, Adjustable Metal Triangle
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BLIMP for 16mm. E. K CINE SPECIAL
This Blimp, constructed of Dow Metal magnesium, is thoroughly insulated to afford absolute silent operation. Exclusive features: follow-focus mechanism permits change of lens focus while camera is operating in blimp. Blimp takes synchronous motor drive which couples to camera. A dovetail bracket is provided to mount an erect image viewfinder.
SUNSHADE & FILTER HOLDER COMBINATION
For Bolex and Cine Special 16mm. cameras. Holds two 2" sq. glass filters and a round 2V2" Pola Screen with handle which can be rotated for polarization. Covers all lenses from 15mm. to 6" telephoto and eliminates need of filters. Precision made of the finest materials. Compact, simple to assemble and dismount. May be permanently affixed to camera or quickly detached.
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BABY TRIPODS
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