General Information

Serial #

61

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

Recorder, kinescope or Kinescope

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BODY & PARTS, ELECTRICAL, GLASS SCREEN, OPTICAL GLASS LENS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

180.0 cm

Width

53.0 cm

Height

181.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

General Precision

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Pleasantville

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Used by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Function

To record television programming on film for re-broadcast. A specially adapted motion picture camera filmed the program from a high quality monitor as it went to air.

Technical

Example of a kinescope recorder. Cinema film was the only medium available to record television images before the invention of videotape.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

some wiring

Finish

BLACK 'WRINKLE' FINISH ON CAMERA ITSELF/ GREEN 'WRINKLE' FINISH ON SUPPORTING CABINET HAVE AUX. EQUIPMENT/ SHINY METAL HARDWARE ON CAMERA

Decoration

MFR PLATE ON BACK OF CAMERA, MOTOR CONTROL PLATE ON DIGITAL END OF CABINET, CINE SCOPE ON LEFT SIDE OF CABINET