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EMI business ephemera and photographs

Box of additional equipment for CPS Emitron television camera; side panel for camera; vision hood; head phones; head phones; control handle; lens barrel marked '5 inch lens'; lens barrel with Dallmeyer Orthanc Anastigmatic lens F=8", f/4, Serial No 533876.

Additional Equipment For CPS Emitron Television Camera

1946-1953

HMV Model 1865 monochrome 17 inch television receiver. EMIAT 1096.

HMV Model 1865 Television Receiver

1958

Alexandra Palace transmission monitor in cabinet.

Alexandra Palace Transmission Monitor

Waveform monitor 37G4T.

Waveform monitor 37G4T

Sony Trinitron colour video camera, manufactured by Sony in Japan, 1974. Model No DXC-1200P.

Sony Television Camera

1974

Alexandra Palace Black Level Pulse Generator, c 1936. Serial No. 70.

Black Level Pulse Generator

1936

Colour splitter for EMI 2001 television camera.

Colour Splitter for EMI 2001 Televsion Camera

Small Emiscope cathode ray tube (CRT).

Small Emiscope cathode ray tube

Super Emitron camera tube

Super Emitron camera tube

Experimental Gold Emitron.

Experimental Gold Emitron

Six inch (6") experimental cathode ray tube.

Six Inch Experimental Cathode Ray Tube

Three experimental photomultiplier tubes.

Three experimental photomultiplier tubes

Four mechanical 120-line scanning drum.

Four mechanical 120 line scanning drum

Three plumbicon tubes.

Three Plumbicon Tubes

Copper electroformed meshes for camera tubes.

Copper electroformed meshes for camera tubes

Videodisc film

Videodisc Film

Two vidicon tubes

Two Vidicon Tubes

Box of experimental vidicon camera tubes

Box of experimental vidicon camera tubes

Teldec Telefunken videodisc player and discs.

Teldec Telefunken Videodisc Player and Discs

1975

Box of camera tubes

Box of camera tubes

BBC 625 to 405 convertor boards

BBC 625 to 405 convertor boards

EMI Type 2001 colour television camera head, manufactured about 1970. '103'.

EMI Type 2001 Television Camera with Dolly

circa 1970

CPS Emitron television camera tube.

CPS Emitron camera tube

Tripod for CPS Emitron camera, manufactured by Films and Equipment Ltd about 1948. Legs marked with inch measurements.

Tripod For CPS Emitron Television Camera

1948

HMV 900 monochrome television receiver, dual standard 205/405 lines, with built-in four-band radio, 1937. Hinged lid on top with viewing mirror. Model Number 900, Serial Number 10092.

HMV 900 Television Receiver

1937

Emiat 1083 flying-spot television film scanner, manufactured by EMI about 1957.

Emiat 1083 Flying-Spot Telescanner

circa 1957

8-bit digital to analogue video/television converter. Includes bundle of cables.

Video TV/Converter

HMV Model 2818 portable monochrome television receiver television receiver, manufactured by Thorn Consumer Electronics in the 1970s.

HMV Model 2818 television receiver

1970s

Beam splitter for telecine. Twin Dallmeyer lenses, Serial Nos 441550 and 441551.

Beam Splitter for Telecine

Low capacitance connection, unknown manufacturer, about 1932. Inscribed in cream paint 'L9 / R13 / (Mod)'. Handwritten label reads 'Low capacitence connection from the output cathode follower to the bias unit, low frequency components of the picture signal passed through this unit between the modualtor and transmitter. The stray capacitance of the bias unit was compensated by the inductive which forms part of the connection thereby the frequency response was mainted. JAL'.

Low Capacitance Connection

1930-1934

HMV Model 1864 portable monochroome television receiver, 1957. Portable style 14 inch 405 Line black and white television receiver, with 12 channel VHF Band I/III Tuner. Black plastic 'leatherette' finish, Based on Ferguson Model 454T television.

HMV Model 1864 television receiver

1957

HMV 10 inch monochrome television receiver, Model 1807A, Serial No 2463, September 1949.

HMV Model 1807A Television Receiver

1949

HMV 902 monochrome television receiver, with built-in screen magnifier to give 14 inch picture; with four-band radio and gramophone. Manufactured 1937.

HMV 902 Television Receiver

1937

HMV 1851 15" cabinet monochrome television receiver with built-in radio, 1949. Pink screen behind wooden cabinet doors.

HMV 1851 Television Receiver

1949

Four and a half inch (4 1/2") image orthicon tube.

Image Orthicon Tube

EMI Type 2001 colour television camera head and tripod, manufactured about 1970. Ex-BBC television.

Television Camera and Tripod

1968-1975

Early version of the CPS Emitron camera, EMIAT 1101, Type 4499A, Serial No 287048, manufactured by EMI, 1948.

CPS Emitron Television Camera

1948

Floor-standing 13" monchrome television receiver, manufactured by HMV about 1950. Cabinet doors in front of screen. Adapted in 1980s as working museum display object; back replaced with perspex to show interior componenets.

HMV Television Receiver

1945-1955

EMI television camera, manufactured about 1960.

EMI Television Camera

1955-1965

Length of damaged camera cable from Alexandra Palace television studios, 1936.

Camera Cable From Alexandra Palace Studios

1930-1936

Ferguson Model 941T 9 inch television receiver, W493B, Serial No 2563, manufactured by Ferguson at Enfield, 1949.

Ferguson 941T Television Receiver

1949

Taylor Hobson Viditar 2cm lens from EMI camera

Viditar 2cm Lens

Taylor Hobson 5 inch lens from EMI television camera.

5 Inch Televsion Camera Lens

Taylor Taylor & Hobson Vidital 3cm lens from CPS Emitron camera.

Vidital 3cm Lens

1948

Colour prism assembly

Colour prism assembly

Cut-away demonstration of an Emitron television camera. Camera head body has been replaced with clear Perspex to show inner workings. This special Emitron camera has no BBC markings, instead sporting a large EMI logo. Manufacturers plate on rear of camera inscribed 'Marconim- EMI Television Co Ltd / HEAD AMPLIFIER / Serial No 134638'.

Emitron Television Camera

circa 1935

Super-Emitron television camera tube, in cardboard packaging, manufactured by EMI about 1937.

Super-Emitron camera tube in original packaging

1935-1939

Light scanned camera tube

Light scanned camera tube

Electron bombardment tube

Electron bombardment tube