From Everyday Science and Mechanics, a few quick notes on the state of mechanical and electronic television progress, including the lens drum and diagrams of European sets.
This short article in Popular Science is about the early home video tape offerings. It’s a long way from there to where we got with Beta and VHS.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Photo Link is below, But FIRST…READ THIS for context. MANY THANKS…AGAIN…to our great friend Dennis Degan for these beautiful images. The words below are his and he writes them with the kind of care he uses with this camera.I have only worked at ABC for 5 years, the first 3 & 1/2 […]
Behind the scenes of John Cameron Swayze’s “Camel News Caravan.”
Complete with pictures and drawings, this 1931 article from Science and Mechanics takes us on a tour of CBS’s W2XAB facility in New York…one of the first experimental television stations in the U.S.