Studio,Revox PR99,reel to reel tape unit,,used in communications room of MOD 1980s nuclear bunker, Nantwich,Cheshire,England,UK

Studio,Revox PR99,reel to reel tape unit,,used in communications room of MOD 1980s nuclear bunker, Nantwich,Cheshire,England,UK Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2AGPKCF

File size:

54.1 MB (2.1 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 3456 px | 46.3 x 29.3 cm | 18.2 x 11.5 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

3 February 2019

Location:

French Ln, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 8BL

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Studio, Revox PR99, reel to reel tape unit, , used in communications room of MOD 1980s nuclear bunker, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK works as a grounded stock photograph because the subject is specific, legible and connected to wider social, economic or cultural themes. A Revox PR99 reel-to-reel tape machine in a former MOD nuclear bunker combines Cold War communications, analogue recording technology and the material culture of emergency planning. The subject can illustrate civil defence, broadcasting, military infrastructure, archive sound, communications rooms, 1980s technology and the physical machinery behind secure information systems. The location detail, Nantwich, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. The scene has practical value for features needing authentic British or international street-level evidence, especially where policy, culture, business, tourism or social change is easier to explain through one clear example.