A Secret About GE and Dumont Cameras…

On December 18, 2012 - TV History

Now This Is Interesting!

Both cameras in this 1949 photo from KLEE in Houston (now KPRC) are GE models. The one on the left is the older of the two and looks almost exactly like the Dumont 124B, complete with the power supply riding on the tripod base. No one seems to know the model number for this camera, but I think the one on the right is the GE PC 8 and notice that it does not have the power supply with the camera. If you wonder why the GE looks so much like the Dumont, it’s because Dumont built the cameras for GE.

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2 Comments

  1. Art Hackett December 18, 2012

    And how about the white jumpsuit? I hate to say it but it’s just like the ones Texas prison inmates used to wear.

  2. Dave Dillman December 18, 2012

    I like the boom holding the camera cables away from the wheels, easier than making skirts for the wheels.