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EMI CT brain scanner

Radiomedicine

1970-1971

Marconiphone 706 television receiver

Television

1938

Emitron 6X4 rectifier, 1931-1966

Electronic Components

1931-1966

Television cameras and control units

Television

Emitron tube

Radio Communication

c. 1934

HMV model 1892 television receiver

Television

c. 1959

EMI 'Flatta' battery portable tape recorder

Cinematography

'Iron Man' Television Camera Pedestal

Television

1931-1941

Three-stage amplifier and equaliser, inscribed ‘I

Sound Reproduction

1931-1940

K-band reflex Klystron by EMI c. 1946. This instru

Nuclear Physics

1945-1950

Marconiphone Model 709 television console with 9" screen and all wave radio, plus set of operating instructions, 1938-1939. One of only eight examples left in the world.

Marconiphone model 709 television receiver

Television

1938-1939

Marconiphone mirror lid television receiver model 702, c. 1938. Lid is not original.

Marconiphone model 702 mirror lid television receiver

Television

c. 1938

Marconiphone Model 701 dual-standard (240/405 line) television receiver with built-in radio, 1936.

Marconiphone Model 701 television receiver

Television

1936

Early experimental Emitron television camera tube, 1932. Electric and Musical Industries Ltd. (EMI) began work on the Emitron in 1932, basing it on experimental work by James McGee and William Tedham.

Tedham & McGee’s experimental camera tube

Television

1932

EMI "IJ" line-equaliser for HB1 moving-coil microphone, 1930s

Radio Communication

1930s

'Emiscope' 5 inch television picture tube, unused and in original box, 1939. Incorporated in Marconiphone 706 television receiver, 5" screen, 1938 (Inv 1986-715).

'Emiscope' 5 inch television picture tube, 1939

Radio Communication

1939

His Masters Voice Monochrome Television, 12" Console Model, manufactured about 1948 to 1952.

HMV Console 12" monochrome television receiver, 1946

Radio Communication

1948--1952

L2 EMI lightweight battery operated tape recorder with instruction manual Ser No 15264.

L2 EMI Lightweight Battery Operated Tape Recorder

Cinematography

Emitron rectifier valve trade mark of EMI in Cossor Valve box. 27SU from National Valve Museum: The 27SU is a half wave rectifier with the two rectifier sections connected in parallel internally. The maximum reservoir capacitor can be up to 60 μF. with a minimum series resistance of 15 Ohms. The heater takes 6.4 V at 0.45 when power is applied between pins 2 and 7.

Emitron valve

Radio Communication

c. 1950s

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

CPS Emitron Television Camera

Television

1948

Television receiver. Type 1807, serial no. H/12 33989, table model, made by HMV, 1945-1946

HMV Type 1807 monochrome table top television receiver, c 1945

Television

1945-1946

Sectioned television camera head (incorporating an Emitron camera tube, received from EMI Research Labs Ltd), first used at Alexandra Palace in 1936.

Cut-away Emitron television camera

Television

1931-1941

Emitron camera head, No.2, manufactured by Electronic and Musical Industries Limited ('EMI'). This camera is often known for being used for Outside Broadcast at Olympics in 1948.

CPS Emitron Television Camera head

Television

1948

Emitron camera head, No.1, manufactured by Electronic and Musical Industries Limited ('EMI'). This camera is often known for being used for Outside Broadcast at Olympics in 1948.

CPS Emitron Television Camera Head

Television

1948

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

Tripod For CPS Emitron Television Camera

Television

1946-1953

Gramophone record, Kenneth McKellar Sings the praises of the Dunlop SP4 Steel Radial, featuring the Lauder/Dillon 1980 version of 'Keep right on to the end of the road'. Disc single 17.5cm (7in) diameter, no speed indicated [45rpm?]. A piece of motoring advertisement art. Cover sleeve, designed by James Upton, picturing the rear road side and wheel of a red car; the spindle centre of the record being in the form of a wheel with an impressed hub cap within a Dunlop SP4 tyre. Music arranged and conducted by Bob Sharples. Not now playable.

Gramophone record, Kenneth McKellar Sings the prai

Francis, Day and Hunter

1980