From the October 1957 edition of “Radio Age” magazine (page 20), here’s a shot of the first use of a portable camera on the sidelines. The article describes the 4 camera coverage plan, plus the sideline mini cam that at this time was all directed by the man who would become a legend in sports television, Harry Cole! -Bobby Ellerbee
This is a fascinating article from Ted Elrick in “The Director’s Guild Of America Quarterly” on how the show was done. There is a lot of information there you won’t read anywhere else. The whole article is copied below. http://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/0307-July-2003/I-Love-Lucy.aspx In the photo, we see Desi Arnaz with Jess Oppenheimer looking at a control booth […]
We will see three different Iconoscope cameras here…the first three all electronic cameras made by RCA at their Camden N.J. labs. These images are from the David Sarnoff Library Collection and are quite rare these days. The first we’ll see will be the prototype camera developed by Dr. Zworykin around 1932. The second is a […]
This is the history of football on television as told by some of the greatest ever producers and directors including Chet Forte, Roone Arledge, Ted Nathanson, Drew Esocoff, Tony Verna, Doug Wilson, Joe Acenti, Bob Fishman and Mike Arnold. This is a must read article written by David Davis for The Director’s Guild Of America’s […]
THE ORIGINAL HOWDY PUPPET ON ONE OF THE EARLIEST SHOWS RECORDED! This kinescope is only 21 minutes long, and most likely was done as a test of the new kinescope system introduced by RCA and Kodak in September 1947. Sometime in April of 1948, the month this was shot, three new RCA TK30 cameras […]