BBC Schools Continuity 1982 special

[ceres478]

I had one of those machines until recently tried to get parts which are non-existent but now i've brought an series-5, brillant machine and picture. I'm mainly after tapes now.

[goombabear]

I remember those from elementary school.

[jannurin]

awesome continuity. They don't make them like that anymore - except for in the Faroe Islands' Kringvarp Føroya. There you will find similar continuity, although they sometimes go modern

[PagesFromCeefax]

Hey those were the days .... !

[RobinCarmody]

Martin King announcing at the end I think.

And, of course, the ABBA medley ...

[microsoftiscrap]

Cool pice of kit!

[fixman88]

Wow, I like your old U-Matic VTR! I worked on one a little older than that once! Lately I have been watching all of the videos with the BBC clock and the circle of dots that I can find!

[benriggers]

will you upload them to youtube?

[fixman88]

The ones I've been watching are on YouTube. There's a ton of stuff on here!

[thomasking55]

I've uploaded a look around my video room.

[thomasking55]

Hi again. I have bumped into an ex-teacher from my school who was there c1971 -76 and he recalls a video machine there too which pre-dayes the Umatic. In 1971 they saved and saved for a 2" B&W reel to reel VTR which was used with the B&W camera I have upstairs, to do mock job interviews. I was astonished and amazed, keeping in mind the cost of that stuff and the recent introduction of colour television. I will do a museum video of the stuff I scrounged, I'll keep you posted.

[thomasking55]

It's a nice story. in 2001 I was friendly with the caretaker who left it by the skip where I found it as I looked there each day. It surfaced from under the stage with 20 tapes which had all the signs of being out of service since 1983 due to a jammed eject lock. 1971 model VO1810. A teacher drove it home for me because it is 35 KG. It records and plays but has a tracking lock issue. The uploads came from my newer series 5 machine.

[AidanLunn]

And I thought my 1979 Sony Betamax C7 was heavy! (at 15kg)!!!