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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVm1KH6rHII
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North 3, a Type 2 BBC Colour Mobile Control Room, travelled the length and breadth of the country during the 1970s, relaying live footage of Royal Ascot, The Open from St Andrews and the Royal Variety Performance from the London Palladium.
It ended its life with the BBC in the early 1980s, and spent several decades decaying at an airfield in Devon, before being rescued and restored by Hawarden-based television historian Steve Harris.
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North 3, a Type 2 BBC Colour Mobile Control Room, travelled the length and breadth of the country during the 1970s, relaying live footage of Royal Ascot, The Open from St Andrews and the Royal Variety Performance from the London Palladium.
It ended its life with the BBC in the early 1980s, and spent several decades decaying at an airfield in Devon, before being rescued and restored by Hawarden-based television historian Steve Harris.
I got to play with the cameras on this old girl. Incredible set up inside.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_I...
ETA More details here: https://www.golden-agetv.co.uk/equipment.php?TypeI...
XUR290K is mine and gets a mention!
The owner told me of the changeover to colour period when sometimes on football broadcasts they would start off with colour but as light faded they would do the second half in B&W!
If my memory serves correctly, this vehicle was involved in a non fault fatal accident (bike crashed into them) and the Police/Recovery damaged the vehicle quite substantially by incorrectly lifting it (despite owner asking them to stop!) then caused further damage to the delicate internal equipment by impounding it for investigation and not letting the owner maintain it (no power and damp ingress). I do hope it's survived.
(BBC bus swerving left! Ha! Like Keir Starmers bike incident when he allegedly was indicating right but swerved left at the last minute...)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_I...
ETA More details here: https://www.golden-agetv.co.uk/equipment.php?TypeI...
XUR290K is mine and gets a mention!
The owner told me of the changeover to colour period when sometimes on football broadcasts they would start off with colour but as light faded they would do the second half in B&W!
If my memory serves correctly, this vehicle was involved in a non fault fatal accident (bike crashed into them) and the Police/Recovery damaged the vehicle quite substantially by incorrectly lifting it (despite owner asking them to stop!) then caused further damage to the delicate internal equipment by impounding it for investigation and not letting the owner maintain it (no power and damp ingress). I do hope it's survived.
(BBC bus swerving left! Ha! Like Keir Starmers bike incident when he allegedly was indicating right but swerved left at the last minute...)
Edited by Scotty2 on Sunday 22 November 12:06
Pothole said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVm1KH6rHII
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North 3, a Type 2 BBC Colour Mobile Control Room, travelled the length and breadth of the country during the 1970s, relaying live footage of Royal Ascot, The Open from St Andrews and the Royal Variety Performance from the London Palladium.
It ended its life with the BBC in the early 1980s, and spent several decades decaying at an airfield in Devon, before being rescued and restored by Hawarden-based television historian Steve Harris.
Here is more info....http://www.tvobhistory.co.uk/bbc-north-3.html ETA
North 3, a Type 2 BBC Colour Mobile Control Room, travelled the length and breadth of the country during the 1970s, relaying live footage of Royal Ascot, The Open from St Andrews and the Royal Variety Performance from the London Palladium.
It ended its life with the BBC in the early 1980s, and spent several decades decaying at an airfield in Devon, before being rescued and restored by Hawarden-based television historian Steve Harris.
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