Vinten HP 419 I television camera pedestal

Made:: circa 1956 in Bury St Edmunds

maker:: W Vinten

Two Vinten HP 419 l camera pedestals. One original and one replica

Details

Category:: Television

Collection:: BBC Heritage Collection

Object Number:: 2012-5118/746

Measurements:: overall (estimate): 1240 mm x 1030 mm

type:: television camera pedestal

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Vinten HP 419 I Television Camera Pedestal

Vinten HP 419 Camera Pedestal. Made by W Vinten around 1956 in London and supplied to the BBC for use in television studios.

This was the industry standard camera pedestal until the introduction of the Vinten Fulmar. Eight of these pedestals were delivered to the BBC at a price of £800 each. This was below the development costs, but Vinten secured themselves as the BBC's go-to supplier of pedestals for decades after.

The classic HP 419 three-stage hydro-pneumatic pedestal balanced on compressed nitrogen. The first two examples (with tillers only - no central steering wheel) were delivered to the BBC in 1956 and installed in Studio E at Lime Grove where they carried heavyweight cameras.

Measurements:: overall: 690 mm x 980 mm x 1040 mm, 173 kg

Materials:: aluminium alloy , steel (metal) , rubber (unidentified) and plastic (unidentified)

Object Number:: 2012-5118/746/1

type:: television camera pedestal

Television Camera Pedestal

Duplicate of Vinten HP 419 l Camera Pedestal. This was the industry standard pedestal until the introduction of the Vinten Fulmar, which is still in use today (April 2002)

The initial eight pedestals were delivered to the BBC at a price of £800 each. This was below the development costs, but Vinten reaped the benefit because forty years later they're still selling the descendants of the old HP 419. The classic HP 419 three-stage hydro-pneumatic pedestal balanced on compressed nitrogen. the first two examples (with tillers only - no central steering wheel) were delivered to the BBC in 1956 and installed in Studio E at Lime Grove where they carried heavyweight cameras.