a video surveillance system having a plurality of video cameras and means for reproducing the scenes viewed by a selected by one of the cameras . a switch selectively connects the cameras to the reproducing means . a counter generates a sequence of signals wherein each signal corresponds to one of the cameras . the counter signals are applied to the switch to select the corresponding camera and apply its output to the reproducing means . the counter signals are also applied to a character generator which generates characters identifying the selected camera for display at a selected location in the reproduced scene .