Having being in VT at the BBC in the 80s, this gives an insight into the quality of the training everyone got as staff . All chucked away in the Birt era...

When I worked with these big cameras in the studio on air, we had camera assistants that took care of the cables.....

Training films like this. Pure gold. Really going into proper detail and not just flashy visuals.

Wonderful to see this. I always dreamed of working as a BBC cameraman (didn’t happen sadly) but never lost the thirst to know everything about tv production and cameras in particular. The artistry the camera operators achieved with these huge units in the 70’s and 80’s never ceases to amaze me. Sadly a lost skill these days.

thanks for posting these videos - I imagine the BBC and other people have more technical and training videos just gathering dust - I wish they'd show them here!

Thank you very much for this trip down memory lane. But I am working with much smaller cameras today!

You realise that one of Alan's colleagues is using what's probably an identical camera to film _him._ You can see all the types of shot being discussed actually in practice.

1982! I began working with big studio cameras in about 1990.......BTS cameras without any shot boxes......

I worked as a studio engineer at tv centre in the late 80’s. I only ever worked with the Link cameras and they were beasts and somewhat unreliable.

On "our" cameras we had two handles, one for zoom and the other for focus.

This is a really nice tutorial. Complete with telling you what is going to be more of a difficult task.

Fascinating, Thanks for uploading this. I really enjoyed watching. Liked and subscribed!

Allen has a nice kettle

Wait for the alcohol level in your bloodstream to drop, before attempting to adjust the horizontal hold. 📺🤣

Is it a black and white viewfinder? You should always calibrate your viewfinder with a color bar or a contrast card, and not to "your personal taste"!

John Henshall post one on operating a 2001 camera..He recorded the tutorial in 1975..What year was this one recorded..

What happened at 5.48? Video tape damage?

Why not 50p?

The number of typos in the booklet is somewhat disappointing.

6:18 looks like clogged video heads. Was this intended in the presentation?

This is PURE GOLD! Today, any i***t who picks up a DSLR mounted on a fishing rod, struts around as if they've won 20 Oscars.

WHO CUT HIS HAIR STEVIE WONDER?

Thats some big gimble!!

is he still about ?

Were people still wearing flares in 1982??

So the BBC called it a pedestal and not a dolly?

Weights are propably bare lead😅

Too much friction and you lose your video signal!

creo que en este año lo prodriamos llamar tecnologia primitiva