The Pye OB Van which now has a quiet life as a Museum Piece in The National Archives Museum in Canberra started its life as a key element in the birth of Television in Australia. First the Opening night of ABN Channel 2 Sydney, then to Melbourne for the Olympic Games, then back to Gore Hill working as a mobile studio while the Main Studio complex was being built. See More Olympic Games Photos and staff involved.. The Arcon studio was too small for the bigger productions so the ABC made use of the Artransa Studio building at Frenchs Forest. Here the OB van would set up and televise shows which were relayed direct to air via a link back to the Gore Hill transmitter. The Van would also cover weekly events such as Saturday Cricket or Football, Sunday Divine Service, Orchestral Concerts as well as feature programs such as the views from the Sydney Harbour Bridge taking viewers to places they might not otherwise see.

The Van had a trailer which was a Power Generator that enabled OBs to be covered where mains power was not available. A Links Van completed the facilities which allowed programs to be relayed back to the studios for direct broadcast or telerecording.

ABN OB Crew at Majella Victoria 1956	Inside the Pye Van for an OB Broadcast	Neutral Bay OB	HMAS Watson OB
The Pye OB Van outside the OB Garage 1958	Pat Kavanagh Sydney Harbour Bridge	Bob Hoeger and Rex Lapham test the camera carry cradle	Same match from three different Channel's camera angles
Barry Lambert and Eddy Berlage at Artransa Studios 1957	Checking the script at Artransa Barry Lambert and Pru Bavin	Jack Christopher in Link Hut with Raytheon Link equipment	Sid Bowers and Sam Leon with Graphic Roller, Artransa Studio

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