BBC News remote control television camera
Evershed Power Optics Ltd. modified the 201 for remote
control operation on a robotic pedestal. This was a glass fiber case containing
the 201 head components, an integral zoom lens but no viewfinder. Four
of these modified cameras were brought into operation at the Alexandra
Palace Television News Centre on June 10 1961. (BBC handbook 1962 page
119) They were also used in the Queen Street newsroom in Edinburgh.
They
were exhibited at the 1960 Radio Show at Earls Court (Practical TV Nov.
1960 page 66). One can be seen at the Museum of Communication 22 Kinglass
Ave. Bo'ness, West Lothian. 01506 824507 (405 alive No. 23).
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