1958: Introducing VERA - Britain's First Videotape Recorder
APR 14 1958 · 12:00
BBC VERA videotape 1958 (1958). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
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