Mitchell Camera Corporation

Mitchell Camera Corporation was founded in 1919 in Los Angeles by Henry Boeger and George Alfred Mitchell. The company's BNC ("Blimped Newsreel Camera") and BNCR (Reflex) bodies became the dominant studio cameras through the mid-20th century — the BNCR was the standard A-camera on Hollywood productions from the late 1950s into the 1980s, when ARRI and Panavision body systems took over.

Mitchell also produced the 65mm Camera 65 / FP system that captured Lawrence of Arabia, Cleopatra, and other Todd-AO productions. The original company ceased trading in the 1970s, but Mitchell-mount lenses and reflex bodies continue to circulate through specialist rental houses for period-accurate film work.