{"id":13266,"date":"2024-01-21T12:40:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T12:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?page_id=13266"},"modified":"2024-01-21T12:40:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T12:40:41","slug":"1953-roving-eye","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/1953-roving-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"1953 Roving Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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John Howel<\/strong>l <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Here’s another vehicle to identify, this time I don’t know the answer! what was ‘H729‘?<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan Taylor <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n It was the first Roving Eye. Built in 1953 on a Daimler chassis. The camera was originally a Marconi 1B, but later updated to a Marconi Mk III. I\u2019m not sure which one is shown in the picture.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n It was the first time that the BBC decided to built an OB vehicle which could transmit live pictures while moving.  There was an onboard generator and a radio link with a range of up to a couple of miles.  The aerial was directional, but used gyro control to keep it automatically pointing in the correct direction irrespective of how the vehicle moved. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n I\u2019m pretty sure it was the vehicle featured in the opening title sequence for Saturday Night Out, driving out of the Wembley OB base, but I can\u2019t find a video of it to check for sure.  The vehicle was extensively used on that series.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colin Hassell<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Here you\u2019ll find the Saturday Night Out opening sequence, about 11 mins in.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n It\u2019s from the Alexandra Television Society\u2019s You Tube channel.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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