18-11-2019, 05:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 18-11-2019, 05:12 PM by ppppenguin.)
Yet another photo.
The banners on the left show (not very clearly at this resolution) information about 2 of the BECG's OB trucks. Look out for an article in the Winter edition of the BVWS Bulletin too.
Leftmost camera is a Marconi Mk VII, again on a Vinten HP419 gas pedestal. These pedestals allow a heavy camera to be raised an lowered at a touch but are dangerous if mistreated. If you pull out the locking pin without a camera on there, the column will shoot up and damage anything in its path. This can include you. Glad to say I've never had to find out the hard way.
Then a Marconi Mk IV. A classic image orticon camera. This one was originally exported to New Zealand. In the 1970s(?) a load of NZBC kit was brought back to the UK and sold to BATC members. The final camera is a Marconi Mk II. This camera was used at the 1953 Coronation. That's a pretty safe thing to say as just about every scrap of TV broadcast equipment in the UK was used at the Coronation.
https://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/mk7/m_mkvii1.htm
https://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/mk4/mk4_1.htm
https://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/mk2/mk2p1.htm
The TV is another from Mike Bennett. It's a Baird, not sure which model. The electronic countdown clock could either be the Thames TV analogue design (made by Michael Cox Electronics as the 350), the Cox digital version (650) or the Courtyard CY200. They all look incredibly similar on screen. TIYL is This Is Your Life. A clip was used in the ITV News transmission.
The banners on the left show (not very clearly at this resolution) information about 2 of the BECG's OB trucks. Look out for an article in the Winter edition of the BVWS Bulletin too.
Leftmost camera is a Marconi Mk VII, again on a Vinten HP419 gas pedestal. These pedestals allow a heavy camera to be raised an lowered at a touch but are dangerous if mistreated. If you pull out the locking pin without a camera on there, the column will shoot up and damage anything in its path. This can include you. Glad to say I've never had to find out the hard way.
Then a Marconi Mk IV. A classic image orticon camera. This one was originally exported to New Zealand. In the 1970s(?) a load of NZBC kit was brought back to the UK and sold to BATC members. The final camera is a Marconi Mk II. This camera was used at the 1953 Coronation. That's a pretty safe thing to say as just about every scrap of TV broadcast equipment in the UK was used at the Coronation.
https://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/mk7/m_mkvii1.htm
https://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/mk4/mk4_1.htm
https://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/mk2/mk2p1.htm
The TV is another from Mike Bennett. It's a Baird, not sure which model. The electronic countdown clock could either be the Thames TV analogue design (made by Michael Cox Electronics as the 350), the Cox digital version (650) or the Courtyard CY200. They all look incredibly similar on screen. TIYL is This Is Your Life. A clip was used in the ITV News transmission.
www.borinsky.co.uk Jeffrey Borinsky www.becg.tv
