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And here's our answer: according to UK TV expert Andy Henderson, the 1953 o/b colour experiment was demonstrated and provided by PYE & the BBC, and limited to a few cameras at key points. It was relayed to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
Now there's a closed circuit broadcast I would have liked to see!!
To fuzz the issue a little, however, in searching Google, I note that there are conflicting statements about the format used: Ed Reitan maintains that it was CBS sequential, whereas an ex-BBC employee was told by his boss that he had operated an imported RCA color camera during the coronation ceremonies.
I'm told that someone has a photo that includes one of the color camera positions along the coronation route... they've offered to scan the photo, and I'll let you now what it shows.
-Kevin
Last edited by Joel Cairo; 12-04-2005 at 04:00 PM.
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