Up Close And Personal…The EMI 2001 Color Camera Video

On October 9, 2013 - TV History


Up Close And Personal…The EMI 2001 Color Camera

The only place most of us in the US have ever seen this camera was in the movie ‘Network’, but the BBC workhorse for many years beginning around 1966. Heres a close look thanks to Troy Walters in Australia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mnE10CnLF5E

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4 Comments

  1. Steven Davis October 10, 2013

    I’m reposting this link to a video clip showing veteran cameraman Malcom Carr demonstrating why the camera was a favorite from the operational point of view:
    http://vimeo.com/56213499

  2. Steven Davis October 10, 2013

    We also saw the EMI 2001 camera in this memorable sketch from Monty Python:
    http://youtu.be/Zn6Vz_aTDK8

  3. Patrick Clancey October 9, 2013

    CFTO in Toronto had them. I believe the only place in North America.

  4. Bill Jenkin October 9, 2013

    See also thesehttp://youtu.be/uGvO29NQ8xs
    http://youtu.be/yIW-EIq4qqo