phillips – Preservation Sound https://www.preservationsound.com information and ideas about audio history Mon, 18 Nov 2013 21:07:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Philips INC Broadcast Remote Truck c. 1979 https://www.preservationsound.com/philips-inc-broadcast-remote-truck-c-1979/ https://www.preservationsound.com/philips-inc-broadcast-remote-truck-c-1979/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2013 21:07:00 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=7598 Truck_illstrdMeanwhile 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

Truck_ExteriorTruck_LayoutAlthough 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!

CableSpoolsAbove: rear of truck/cable spool area

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