General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BODY, GLASS SCREEN (VIEW FINDER0, TUBES (1.0), ELECTRICAL,BAKELITE KNOBS

Dimensions

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

Length

98.0 cm

Width

39.0 cm

Height

52.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MARCONI

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF CAMERA WIDELY USED C. 1957-1967 +

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO RECORD IMAGES FOR TV BROADCASTS

Technical

MARCONI MARK IV USED 4 1/2-INCH IMAGE ORTHICON TUBE, PRODUCING A SHARPER PICTURE & HIGHER RESOLUTION THAN EARLIER IMAGE ORTHICON CAMERAS. INTRODUCED IN 1957 IT QUICKLY DOMINATED THE MARKET OUTSIDE THE USA; BY LATE 1950S IT THREATENED RCA'S DOMINATION OF U.S. MARKET. (REF. 1) IMAGE ORTHICON TUBES PERMITTED A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION, IN THE NUMBER OF TUBES USED IN THE CIRCUITS WITHIN THE CAMERA THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY BUILT IN AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LEFT SIDE 'CBC' LOGO DECAL (BLUE, ORANGE, YELLOW), MARCONI LOGO (LARGE LT BLUE DISC, SMALL DARK BLUE DISC INSIDE) LEFT, 'MARCONI' IN SILVER & SPIRALS, 'WARNING' LABEL, BLUE DYMO TAPE 'CAM5'/ BACK - CLIPBOARD ON SIDE, 'CBC' LOGO DECAL/ RIGHT SIDE 'CBC' LOGO DECAL, MARCONI LOGO

Missing

N/A

Finish

GREY METALLIC FINISH, BLACK KNOBS

Decoration

N/A