1958: Introducing VERA - Britain's First Videotape Recorder | Panorama | Retro Tech I BBC Archive

Richard Dimbleby introduces V.E.R.A. (Vision Electronic Recording Apparatus), during a live edition of Panorama. Then - thanks to the magic of videotape - he introduces it all over again.

Will this extraordinary new technology revolutionise television production? Mr Dimbleby speaks to Peter Axon, who led the development of VERA, about the benefits of his new system over existing methods of film recording.

Originally broadcast 14 April, 1958.





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