Collection of business ephemera and photographs relating to the company EMI and the development of television.
Photograph, entitled 'Televising the head of the river race from the Harrod's depositary' 1938, showing an Emitron camera pointed at the first televised Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.
Photograph, entitled 'Televising the lawn tennis championship from Wimbledon by radio link', by Sport & General Press Agency Limited, 1937, showng an Emitron camera installed at Centre Court for the first televised Wimbledon Championship.
Photograph of an Emitron camera at an England v Scotland football match, taken in 1930s.
Photograph taken during the televising of the Olympic Games athletics from Wembley Stadium in 1948.
The camera used is a Super Emitron developed pre-war for outside broadcast and first used to televise the Coronation of King George V in 1937. The cameras had greater sensitivity than the first Emitrons, though by 1948 had been superseded by the CPS Emitron. A mix of these cameras were used during the games between the stadium and Empire Pool. The Super Emitron at the stadium fed directly to the Production Control Room at the new BBC Broadcasting Centre onsite.
Photograph of a television receiver showing the title card for the 1948 Olympic Games, taken by A C K Wade (Photographs) Limited.
Caption on the verso reads: An untouched photograph from the end of a receiver showing the caption radiated by the B.B.C before the start of each transmission from Wembley of the 1948 Olympiad. The camera used was the Emitron C.P.S.
Photograph of the televised opening ceremony of the 1948 Olympic Games, taken by Hawke.
Photograph of a television screen showing the first televised Wimbledon tournament, 1937.
Photograph of a television screen showing the first televised Wimbledon tournament, 1937
Photograph of a television screen showing Tattenham Corner at the Derby at Epsom, taken on 1st June 1938.
Photograph of a television screen showing preparation for the Derby at Epsom - unsaddling enclosure.
Photograph of a Super-Emitron camera captruing the Pole Vault at the White City Stadium, 1938.
Photograph of the first televised Wimbledon Championship, 1937, showing an Emitron camera installed at Centre Court.
Photograph of Emitron camera captruing the Hurdles race at the Oxford and Cambridge Athlete Sports at the White City Stadium, 1938.
Photograph showing an Outside Broadcast from the 1938 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, showing King George VI entering the stadium.
The FA Cup Final was contested between Preston North End and Huddersfield Town. Preston won 1-0 after scoring a penalty in the 119th minute.
