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The Golden Telecruiser Story

It's not very golden colored in this picture, but this is the way we found it.  Originally, it was painted gold and brown.  It's a 1949 Flxible Motor Coach was converted new by Allen B. Dumont Labs as a TV remote truck for Channel 8 in Dallas, Texas.  The ID plate calls it "DuMont Telecruiser, Model B, Serial Number 101,

This TV remote unit has lots of history to it.  Among other things, it  may have been used on the air during some of the 1963 Kennedy Assassination coverage in Dallas.  Originally outfitted with DuMont equipment, it was later updated with Marconi Cameras, a GE Audio Console and possibly a Riker switcher. The huge (and very ugly) external air conditioner seems to have been  added during one of the the updates. 

Unfortunately, the bus had been stripped of equipment when we acquired it in late August, 2005.  We were able to find one of the camera heads,  power supplies, cables, camera control units and sync generators for two more cameras.  If you know where we can find a Marconi MK IV Image Orthicon Camera head, type 3322A, PLEASE let us know.  We are also looking for a suitable vintage switcher and other appropriate accessories.  If you have any leads, please click here to send us an email.  This is going to be a huge restoration project.

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East Texas TV Pioneers and the KTVE Story.
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We are a not-for-profit 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to the preservation and presentation of historically and culturally interesting inventions, events and places.  We use audio, video and allied media, to collect and preserve the images and artifacts of yesterday so they may be enjoyed tomorrow.

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One of our cameras makes its debut at The 6th Floor Museum in Dallas, for a special exhibit "Covering Chaos" which documents how the press handled the Kennedy Assassination. And yes, this camera was used during the original coverage.

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We Want Your Old Broadcast Equipment!
One of our missions is the preservation of Broadcasting and Recording History.  Part of our collection can be seen on our Virtual Museum.  Our collection is available for personal viewing by appointment.  If you'd like to visit us in East Texas, please call (903) 643-7711 for an appointment, or you may email us. We think it is very sad for important pieces of historical equipment get relegated to the trash heap.  Before you throw it out, contact us.  We will try to give it a good home, and your donation is tax deductible.  

We are always interested in old TV Cameras, Switchers, Video Tape Recorders, Monitors, Audio Consoles, Tape Machines, Microphones, Turntables, Tape Cartridge Machines, Audio Processing Gear, Old Radios, Literature, Books, Signs and other interesting relics of the past.

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We are in serious need of heavy duty studio camera tripods or pedestals, as well as pan and tilt heads.  We have several very heavy cameras that we'd really like to display if we only had the means to mount them.  We'd appreciate your help.

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Our Our Video Editing Suite, shown under construction in this picture.  We'd like to tell you that it is always this neat, but it usually isn't.

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