The Pye Mk6 broadcast television camera - as used by the crew of MCR21
Brian Summers presents an overview of the Pye Mk6 monochrome TV camera. By a stroke of good fortune, this particular camera turned out to be one of four allocated for use on MCR21. It made use of one of the most complex and expensive thermionic devices of the time, the 4.5 inch Image Orthicon. Developed by RCA during the 1940s, this camera tube became the mainstay of many broadcast TV camera designs.
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Another MCR21 Short - The Bumpers
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Power-Up – ex BBC Marconi Mk3 TV Camera – part 2
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1968: BEHIND THE SCENES in BBC STUDIO ONE | Blue Peter | Classic Children's TV | BBC Archive
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BBC Test signals – as used within MCR21
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The Pye Mk VII camera – In a Nutshell - part 1
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Recreating Early Colour Outside Broadcast
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FURY: Brits boycott BBC after 'harassment' of elderly by TV licensing as expert SLAMS tactics
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Power-Up – ex BBC Marconi Mk3 TV Camera
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Ex BBC TV OB van MCR21 – a mechanical miscellany - part 1
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1974: Making MATCH OF THE DAY | In Vision | Making Of... | BBC Archive
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In a Nutshell – the EMI 2005 TV camera
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Marconi Vintage Broadcast Cameras
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Ex BBC OB Van MCR21 – the 2025 Review of the Year - V2!
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EMI 2001 Broadcast Camera Training Video (BBC) Part 1
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In a Nutshell – the broadcast TV camera Marconi Mk VII
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The 80th video about MCR21 - on this occasion the first power-up of 2026.
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Behind the scenes of an outside broadcast unit | Magpie | Thames TV
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Ex BBC OB van MCR21 – a look at the sound desk, part 1
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CRHnews - Marconi Television Demonstration Unit (TDU) rolls again
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