Artefacts

Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956, color television camera equipped with an image-orthicon tube.

Physical description

PC11 television camera equipped with an Image Orthicon type sensor, Stickers with the logo of the Italian broadcaster RAI and the number 2.

Created

Created: Taylor Hobson Optics Created: Kinoptik (1932 - 2003)Created: General Electric (1892)

Used

Used: Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI)

Materials

composite material, metal

Colors

white, red, blue

Dimension

39 x 97 x 44 cm, Avec trépied/With rack 147.5 x 114 x 140 cm

Literature

The Treasures of the Olympic Winter Games / texts by Martha Macintosh. London: Carlton Books, 2009. Broadcasting the Olympics / Diffusion des Jeux Olympiques.. Lausanne : Musée Olympique, 1998. 127 p. ISBN 92-9160-034-2.

Type of item

Technical equipment -> film camera

Reference number

74934

Keywords

Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956, Olympic Winter Games Italy Technology Audiovisual Television broadcasting

Notes

The 1956 Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo were the first Olympic Winter Games to be televised live. This colour camera, equipped with an image-orthicon tube was used by Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI).