Richard’s article about The BBC Roving Eye vehicles has been updated again, as more information is being brought to our attention!
The latest update includes some colour pictures of REII at Churchill’s funeral and some new pictures of NYN 286Y.
World Radio History
World Radio History is a brilliant resource for US equipment and all sorts of global magazines, and it has a British section too!
It offers all manner of magazines and data sheets, plus some whole manuals.
Topics include Early Radio, DX Amateur, Business and Technical Periodicals, and lots more.
Marconi Mk III TV camera production line is re-born
Paul Marshall reports on an ambitious project – on a small scale
Since the beginning of lock-down, hardly a day has gone past when some aspect of the old main Marconi Chelmsford works hasn’t been re-invented here at our base near Lincoln.
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Coming soon: Richard Harris looks at the history of the BBC’s generator trucks.
There were only ever ten of these as eventually the BBC simply hired generators from outside organisations.
Richard’s article relates everything that he could discover about each of the ten.
RCA TRT-1B restored at WMBT
The Museum of Broadcast Technology in Woonsocket, RI have recently completed the restoration of a RCA TRT-1B Videotape machine dating from 1961.
Continue reading “RCA TRT-1B restored at WMBT”Eyes Of A Generation
“In essence, this is a Television history book with 5000 stories, 10,000 rare photos and hundreds of one of a kind videos“.
Eyes Of A Generation website.
Eyes Of A Generation public Facebook group.
The Early Television Foundation Society and Museum
The Early Television Foundation in Hilliard, Ohio is dedicated to the preservation of the technology from the early days of television. The website’s mission is to preserve and make available to the public the history of early television, from the mechanical systems of the 1920s through the introduction of colo(u)r television in the 1950s.
Continue reading “The Early Television Foundation Society and Museum”WMBT – The Museum of Broadcast Technology
MBT, The Museum of Broadcast Technology in Woonsocket, Rhode Island is dedicated to the restoration of early TV cameras, videotape systems, and related technologies. The museum’s collection reflects the broadcasting and teleproduction industries from their early days through the ensuing decades.
Continue reading “WMBT – The Museum of Broadcast Technology”News and articles
Some new articles and news items have been added.
Continue reading “News and articles”ABC / Thames on the move!
Money is available to start the rebuild of ABC Unit 5 / Thames Unit 2 – GNF 951E, but the biggest problem during the current conditions has been to find people who are willing to start work on mechanical and exterior restoration.
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