TR-70C 2" quadruplex video recorder in operation

This is a montage of one of the WGTV TR-70Cs playing back a monochrome low band Army training recording made in 1967. This recording is, technically, one of the worst I've seen in a long time. I first tried to play this tape on my old reliable TR-70A in my transfer facility, but this recording has so much timebase jitter and quadrature error, that it was out of range for the headwheel servo and ATC in that machine. I decided to give this recently revived 70C with the digital servo a crack at it, and sure enough, it played it so well that I took my studio DV recorder out to the workshop and dubbed this tape directly from this machine. This video was shot during that actual playback session. For more information on me and what I do, please check out my website at: www.AnalogRetentive.com