Surviving Cameras : EMI 203
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Serial Number : 101
Origin : No broadcast history, EMI factory?
Condition/status : Restored & working
Comprising of : PSU, CCU, Cpanel, V/F hood, 4 x lenses
Location : UK
Keeper : TVcameramuseum
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Record date : 14 Nov. 2016
Serial Number : 102 probably
Origin : Channel 2 ABS Adelaide Australia
Condition/status : In need of restoration
Comprising of : Complete channel in 4 camera EMI OB van.
Location : Australia
Keeper : National Motor Museum
Notes : CJ writes:- This was the very first EMI OB van equipped with Type 203 cameras serial numbers 102, 103, 104 and the studio/OB 105 delivered to Adelaide, South Australia in 1960.
Record date : 02 Aug. 2023
Serial Number : 103
Origin : Channel 2 ABS Adelaide Australia
Condition/status : In need of restoration
Comprising of : Complete channel in 4 camera EMI OB van.
Location : Australia
Keeper : National Motor Museum
Notes : CJ writes:- This was the very first EMI OB van equipped with Type 203 cameras serial numbers 102, 103, 104 and the studio/OB 105 delivered to Adelaide, South Australia in 1960.
Record date : 02 Aug. 2023
Serial Number : 104
Origin : Channel 2 ABS Adelaide Australia
Condition/status : In need of restoration
Comprising of : Complete channel in 4 camera EMI OB van.
Location : Australia
Keeper : National Motor Museum
Notes : CJ writes:- This was the very first EMI OB van equipped with Type 203 cameras serial numbers 102, 103, 104 and the studio/OB 105 delivered to Adelaide, South Australia in 1960.
Record date : 02 Aug. 2023
Serial Number : 106
Origin : Channel 2 ABW
Condition/status : In need of restoration,
Comprising of : Has PSU/CCU?/Cpanel
Location : Australia
Keeper : Australian Museum of Motion Picture & Television
Notes : These two 203s put Perth, Western Australia's ABC studios to air on opening night May 1960 and lasted on-air until the change to colour TV here in 1975.
Serial Number : 107
Origin : Channel 2 ABW
Condition/status : Poor, may be incomplete
Comprising of : has CCU, no PSU or Cpanel
Location : Australia
Keeper : Australian Museum of Motion Picture & Television
Notes : These two 203s put Perth, Western Australia's ABC studios to air on opening night May 1960 and lasted on-air until the change to colour TV here in 1975.
Record date : 13 Mar 2022
Serial Number : 127
Origin : BBC TV
Condition/status : Head OK, one lens
Comprising of : no CCU/PSU/Cpanel
Location : Alexandra Palace, UK
Keeper : Alexandra Palace Society
Notes : Has modified focus control position.
Record date : 14 Nov. 2016
Serial Number : 158
Origin : CFRN3TV (Sunwapta Broadcasting, now part of CTV)
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Location : Canada
Keeper : In the collection of Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton.
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Record date : 14 Nov. 2016
Serial Number : 175
Origin : CFRN3TV (Sunwapta Broadcasting, now part of CTV)
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Location : Canada
Keeper : In Private collection.
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Serial Number : 178
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Condition/status : Good cosmetically, but incomplete,
Comprising of : no CCU/PSU/Cpanel
Location : USA
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Record date : 14 Nov 2016
Serial Number : 190
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Condition/status : In storage?
Comprising of : Head. + console with CCU, PSU, control pnl.
Location : Canada
Keeper : Canada Science and Technology Museum
Notes : Arifact no. 1981.1779.001 & 1981.1783.001
Record date : 24 March 2019
Serial Number : 192
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Location : USA
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Serial Number : 193
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Serial Number : 200
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Serial Number : 202
Origin : CFRN3TV (Sunwapta Broadcasting, now part of CTV)
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Location : Canada
Keeper : In the collection of Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton.
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Record date : 9 Dec. 2016
Serial Number : 239
Origin : unknown
Condition/status :
No internals, gutted
Comprising of : Head only,
Location : UK
Keeper : On The Air Ltd.
Notes : Has low focus control with original new side panel.
Record date : 14 Nov. 2016
Serial Number : 240
Origin : unknown
Condition/status : Poor, has yoke but no PCBs, gutted.
Comprising of : Head only
Location : UK
Keeper : Private
Notes : Has low focus control with original new side panel.
Record date : 28 April 2021
Serial Number : 262
Origin : BTV6
Condition/status : Some corrosion
Comprising of : Head only.
Location : Melbourne Australia
Keeper : James Paterson, www.oldtvgear.com
Notes : One of two that BTV6 had.
Record date : 23 Nov 2018
Serial Number : 302
Origin : Possibly KPHO, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Condition/status : Fair condition awaiting restoration.
Comprising of : Camera head, CCU, viewfinder hood.
Location : California, USA
Keeper : Wayne Rothermich
Notes : PSU, control panel, Camera cables & cue dome sought.
Record date : 26 Dec 2018
Serial Number : 309
Origin : Rádio e Televisão de Portugal SA
Condition/status : Conserved
Comprising of : HEAD, 215 control panel
Location : Lisbon, Portugal
Keeper : RTP Virtual Museum
Notes : https://museu.rtp.pt/en
Record date : 12 November 2017
Serial Number : 315
Origin : Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Condition/status : Good clean.
Comprising of : Head, CCU, PSU, Lenses, no Cpanel
Location : UK
Keeper : On The Air Ltd.
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Record date : 9 Dec 2016
Serial Number : 334
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Location : UK
Keeper : Joe Godwin
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Record date : 9 Dec 2016
Serial Number : 348
Origin : Rádio e Televisão de Portugal SA
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Location : Lisbon, Portugal
Keeper : Museum of Communications
Notes : On display in 2019
Record date : 23 March 2019
Serial Number : 368
Origin : LWT (London Weekend TV) ILEA (Inner London Educ Auth)
Condition/status : Good, conserved.
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Location : Bradford, UK
Keeper : National Media Museum
Notes : On display in reserve collection in 2015.
Record date : 16 Nov 2016
Serial Number : Unknown
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Comprising of : Head only?
Location : Cuba
Keeper : Museo de la Imagen - Santiago de Cuba,
Notes : On public display
Record date : 15 Nov 2016
Serial Number : Unknown
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Location : Bradford, UK
Keeper : National Media Museum
Notes : The media museum may have 4 or more 203'S
Record date : 11 Dec 2016
Serial Number : Unknown
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Location : UK
Keeper : Golden Age TV recreations, hire company
Notes : It is thought that they have at least 3, I asked but they have not sent details.
Record date : 11 Dec 2016
Serial Number : Unknown
Origin : RTA School of Media
Condition/status : Unknown
Comprising of : camera, pedestal, lens case, and instruction manual
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Keeper : Toronto Metropolitan University Archives
Notes : Reference code RG 102.39
Record date : 18 Jan 2023
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