Report 4000 L portable tape recorder

Germany, c. 1970s

Object Equipment On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI.

Uher 4000 Report - L portable tape recorder in leather carrying case with microphone

The 4000 Report series were widely used by radio news journalists, and also used by law enforcement personnel for telephone wire taps and for recording interrogations, or for covertly recording an important conversation in a room.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

On display until

16 February 2031

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

manufacturer

Uher

Production places
Germany
Production dates
c. 1970s

Appears in

Group of items

Early sound recording equipment

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO179402

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-05. Sound and Colour → MI-05-C02

Measurements

140 x 280 x 240mm

Object Types

3D Object

Audio equipment/Film and television equipment

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