TeleTales #47…You’ve Come A Long Way Baby!

On February 3, 2015 - TV History

TeleTales #47…You’ve Come A Long Way Baby!

Given all of the Super Bowl coverage, I thought a look back at 1960 state of the art mobile production was in order. This is the new RCA twin truck unit recently purchased by Los Angeles based Glenn-Armistead Productions.

The production truck (bottom) carried 4 RCA TK11/31 black and white and 4 RCA TK41 color cameras. The tape truck had two huge RCA TRT 1B color tape machines and an entire 16 and 35mm film chain. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee

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6 Comments

  1. Jay Ballard May 17, 2017

    These trailers later became NBC mobile units N4 based in Burbank, with a carryall for cable, etc, added later.

  2. Alan Maretsky February 4, 2015

    Did Glenn-Armistead have anything to do with Mark Armistead, the film equip rental house in Hollywood?

  3. Jose Rojas February 3, 2015

    Looks like a full equipped mobile TV station!

  4. Charles MacDonald February 3, 2015

    I guess the film chain was so they could insert the commercials?

  5. Gary Walters February 3, 2015

    I bet alignment of the film chain camera was a bear for every remote.

  6. Vance Piccin February 3, 2015

    First reference I have ever seen to having a mobile film chain.