Smith Kline French colour TV OB van in Australia

[Aussie Bloke]

G'day all.

I have in the past posted articles in relation to early colour experimenting in Australia with the use of a Marconi BD848 3 IO tube colour camera which is Marconi's version of the RCA TK-41.

So far I've mentioned that this camera was used at St Vincent hospital in Melbourne for closed circuit televising medical surgery in colour in the 1960s and in the early 70s Monash University ad a colour OB van which there was a photo of roundie monitors.

Well I've now came across an interesting film on SKL colour televising medical operations from 1959 which can be seen here http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/225571 and I noticed the OB van looked very familiar and cross referencing it to the Monash Uni OB van photos, they are totally identical but repainted with the Monash Uni logo!!!

So I believe that it's likely after the SKL colour OB van/gear was retired from use in UK, it was shipped to Australia around 1960 (according to some source info) for use at St Vincent Hospital and then sold/donated to Monash University around late 60s/early 70s for educating students in the field of colour television!

Here below are the pics of it being used at St Vincent hospital and Monash University: