Meanwhile in LegoLand… download an eight-page article from the Philips Broadcast Tripodium 1979 (catalog? Trade Show Book? no idea…) on the subject of a three-camera A/V remote production vehicle as built in 1979:
DOWNLOAD: Phillips_Remote_Truck_79
Although this machine is perhaps more a part of video rather than audio history, I came across this arcane publication recently and I though that it might make a nice counterpoint to the Bob Fine Remote Truck article we published last week. The Fine truck, remember, began life as a Film Camera/mono audio truck before becoming a multitrack audio truck. Anyhow, this Philips vehicle (no idea how many of these exist…) manages to pack an entire live-tv-production operation into a 25-foot-long van. Pretty incredible. As depicted in the images above, there is workspace and kit for a video line editor, compositor/chyron artist, sound mixer, tape op, and producer. Pretty incredible…
Anyone out there operating a DIY remote truck today? Tell us about it!
Above: rear of truck/cable spool area