Television Cameras

Live pictures down a wire. Farnsworth and Zworykin, the iconoscope and the image orthicon, the RCA TK studio cameras, the BBC's outside broadcasts, and the machines that made an event visible everywhere at the moment it happened.

Part of Cameras

32 moments in this segment.

1. 1936-06-01 - The early TV camera (1936) (2 of 3). The early TV camera, the camera itself, 1936. Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
2. 1936-11-02 - The First BBC Television Programme - 1936. First BBC programme 1936 (1936). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
3. 1937-01-01 - 1937: The First Shows on BBC Television. First BBC TV shows 1937 (1937). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
4. 1939-04-30 - Television: An RCA Presentation (1939). RCA TV at 1939 World's Fair (1939). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
5. 1939-04-30 - TV Display at the 1939 World's Fair. TV at 1939 World's Fair (1939). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
6. 1939-04-30 - Birth of TV at the 1939 New York World's Fair RCA Pavilion - Sarnoff Address. Birth of TV 1939 World's Fair (1939). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
7. 1939 - Early 1940s RCA Television System: Iconoscope & Kinescope. Iconoscope & kinescope RCA (1942). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
8. 1940-01-01 - Radio and Television - 1940, Pre-World War II Era. Radio & TV 1940 pre-WWII (1940). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
9. 1948-01-01 - What Is Television Part 1 (1948): How Does a TV Camera Work?. What is Television 1948 (1948). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
10. 1950-01-01 - How Television Works (1950 British Educational Film). How Television Works 1950 (1950). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
11. 1958-01-01 - Pye / BBC Television Studio Camera Research Film (1950s-60s). Pye/BBC TV studio cameras (1958). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
12. 1958-01-20 - 1958 First Color TV Broadcast: Eisenhower Inaugural Address (WRC-TV). First color TV broadcast WRC 1958 (1958). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
13. 1965-06-01 - The TV studio camera (1965) (4 of 4). The TV studio camera, the camera itself, 1965. Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
14. 1965-06-01 - The TV studio camera (1965) (2 of 4). The TV studio camera, the camera itself, 1965. Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
15. 1967-01-01 - The Television Camera Tube (16mm, 1967). Television camera tube (film) (1967). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
16. 1976-01-01 - RCA TK-76 Technical Training (Part 1). RCA TK-76 training (1976). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
17. 2007 - The TV studio camera (1965) (1 of 4). The TV studio camera, the camera itself, 1965. Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand. The subject dates from 1965; this photograph was taken in 2007.
18. 2007 - The TV studio camera (1965) (3 of 4). The TV studio camera, the camera itself, 1965. Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand. The subject dates from 1965; this photograph was taken in 2007.
19. 2010-06-26 - EMI 203 B&W Image Orthicon TV Camera Demonstration. EMI 203 orthicon camera (1963). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
20. 2011 - The early TV camera (1936) (3 of 3). The early TV camera, the camera itself, 1936. Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand. The subject dates from 1936; this photograph was taken in 2011.
21. 2011-06-15 - Image Orthicon. (1960). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
22. 2011-06-28 - 1977/78 RCA TK-760 3-Plumbicon Colour Broadcast Camera in Operation. RCA TK-760 ENG camera (1977). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
23. 2013 - The early TV camera (1936) (1 of 3). The early TV camera, the camera itself, 1936. Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand. The subject dates from 1936; this photograph was taken in 2013.
24. 2013-12-30 - What Television Was Like in 1939. Television in 1939 (1939). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
25. 2015-05-03 - RCA Iconoscope TV Camera: First Video. RCA Iconoscope camera (1939). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
26. 2016-06-29 - TK-41 Color TV Camera. RCA TK-41 color camera (1954). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
27. 2016-11-02 - What Did BBC TV Look Like in 1936?. BBC TV 1936 (1936). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
28. 2018-06-02 - RCA TK-76 Vintage ENG Camera. RCA TK-76 ENG camera (1976). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
29. 2020-02-01 - The Forgotten War for Color Television. War for color television (1950). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
30. 2022-03-18 - My Vintage Iconoscope TV Camera Tube. Iconoscope tube (1934). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
31. 2022-10-23 - How BBC Television First Went Live. BBC TV first goes live (1936). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.
32. 2026-06-07 - NBC's First Color Broadcast: The Rose Parade (1954). NBC first color broadcast 1954 (1954). Magnetic tape and the camcorder put a moving-image camera in the home, the newsroom, and the bystander’s hand.