Surveillance Cameras
Cameras that watch without a photographer. CCTV, the Trojan Room coffee webcam, the doorbell camera, police body cams, automatic number-plate readers, and the argument about who is holding the footage.
Part of Cameras
16 moments in this segment.
- - The Trojan Room Coffee Pot on Look East. Trojan Room coffee pot webcam (1993). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
- - The surveillance camera (1970) (3 of 4). The surveillance camera, the camera itself, 1970. Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand. The subject dates from 1970; this photograph was taken in 2008.
- - The surveillance camera (1970) (2 of 4). The surveillance camera, the camera itself, 1970. Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand. The subject dates from 1970; this photograph was taken in 2011.
- - How Ring Video Doorbell Works | Smart Doorbell with Camera. Ring video doorbell (2014). Now everyone carries a film studio: the phone camera, GoPro, the drone, and software that paints with light.
- - The early webcam (1994). The early webcam, the camera itself, 1994. Film gave way to data: the first digital sensors, the DSLR, and the first cameras built into telephones. The subject dates from 1994; this photograph was taken in 2016.
- - 7 Disturbing Videos Captured on Ring/Doorbell Cameras. The doorbell camera era (2018). Now everyone carries a film studio: the phone camera, GoPro, the drone, and software that paints with light.
- - The doorbell camera (2018) (1 of 4). The doorbell camera, the camera itself, 2018. Now everyone carries a film studio: the phone camera, GoPro, the drone, and software that paints with light.
- - The doorbell camera (2018) (2 of 4). In this composite image, visible-light observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are combined with infrared data from the ground-based Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona to assemble a dramatic view of the well-known Ring Nebula.
- - The doorbell camera (2018) (3 of 4). The doorbell camera, the camera itself, 2018. Now everyone carries a film studio: the phone camera, GoPro, the drone, and software that paints with light.
- - The doorbell camera (2018) (4 of 4). A camera security doorbell at the entrance to a small local nightclub, that is located in the international port city of Rotterdam, South Holland.
- - The surveillance camera (1970) (1 of 4). The surveillance camera, the camera itself, 1970. Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand. The subject dates from 1970; this photograph was taken in 2021.
- - The surveillance camera (1970) (4 of 4). The surveillance camera, the camera itself, 1970. Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand. The subject dates from 1970; this photograph was taken in 2021.
- - Quentin Stafford-Fraser - The First Webcam (Trojan Room Coffee Pot). First webcam (coffee pot) (1991). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
- - The Coffee Pot Webcam: Connecting Cameras and Computers. In the early 1990s, researchers in the Cambridge Computer Lab set up a webcam so that they could keep an eye on the Department coffee pot. When they linked it not just to the Department network but to the internet, the livestream of the coffee pot went viral and attracted hundreds of thousands of viewers from all round...
- - The Trojan Room Coffee Pot Movie. Trojan Room coffee pot webcam (1991). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
- - Police Body Cameras: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Police body cameras explainer (2026). Now everyone carries a film studio: the phone camera, GoPro, the drone, and software that paints with light.
