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OCR: VIDEO TRACK RECORD HEAD VIDEO DRUM RECORD DIAGONAL VIDEO TRACK - As the drum is arranged diagonally against the tape, the record heads put down the video track as diagonal stripes of information across the slowly moving tape. Each swipe holds the color and brightness information for half a television picture, so that one complete revolution of the drum records a complete picture.