Here are some links to some very good websites for those who wish to look a bit further into
the history of television outside broadcasts
the history of television outside broadcasts
The MCR21 Project
Follow the Progress of the restoration of a 1960s BBC Mobile Control Room
The Museum of the Broadcast Television Camera
A brilliant site for finding out about the cameras used on outside broadcasts.
Golden Age Television
You can hire a 1950s camera or a complete 1970s Outside Broadcast Unit
You can hire a 1950s camera or a complete 1970s Outside Broadcast Unit
On The Air
Lots here about renovating a BBC Type-2 Outside Broadcast Unit
Lots here about renovating a BBC Type-2 Outside Broadcast Unit
VTOldboys
Many photos of BBC outside broadcasts over the years in the archive section
Many photos of BBC outside broadcasts over the years in the archive section
The Vivat Project
An ambitious project to recreate a 1950s BBC Marconi Mobile Control Room, using a slightly later Pye unit as base vehicle.
An ambitious project to recreate a 1950s BBC Marconi Mobile Control Room, using a slightly later Pye unit as base vehicle.
BBC ExComms
You will find Ron Chown's story here . Working on BBC outside broadcasts from the post war years.
You will find Ron Chown's story here . Working on BBC outside broadcasts from the post war years.
LPU
The Lightweight Production Unit was designed as a 2-camera recording unit and used by the BBC on dramas in the 1970s and 80s. It is presently under restoration.
The Lightweight Production Unit was designed as a 2-camera recording unit and used by the BBC on dramas in the 1970s and 80s. It is presently under restoration.
ADAPT PROJECT
The Royal Holloway, London University is undergoing a three year project, bringing people who worked in broadcast television, back to work on the equipment they used and recording their experience.The latest part of the project involved BBC type 2 OB North 3
The Royal Holloway, London University is undergoing a three year project, bringing people who worked in broadcast television, back to work on the equipment they used and recording their experience.The latest part of the project involved BBC type 2 OB North 3
BBC TYPE 5 OB
John Stevens takes you on a tour inside a 1980s BBC colour mobile control room
John Stevens takes you on a tour inside a 1980s BBC colour mobile control room
BBC TV OB Photos
John Stevens has put together his collection of photos
John Stevens has put together his collection of photos