VERA was only two when the 1960s began, BBC TV was 405 line black and white, videotape recorders were valve driven and editing was by razor blade. At the end of the decade there was BBC2, both BBC1 & 2 were in colour, transistors, dropout compensators, electronic editing and slow motion had all arrived. A decade of great change. The pictures below capture some of the machines of the 60s. As usual click on the picture for an enlargement and more information, click on the enlargement to return.
VR1000C
VT6, an Ampex VR10000C, ready for an edit session in 1966
VR2000
VT2, An Ampex VR2000, in early 1966
VR2000
A later VR2000 with Editec and the monitor, possibly VT1
VT16 an RCA TR22 in 1965
 
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