This was a January 1956 storm that hit the California coast with huge waves. The surfers may have loved it, but KTLA lost a camera covering the event…don’t know if it was this one or another, but this cameraman is about to get a big surprise. Thanks to David Zoning fro the pix. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
One of America’s favorite shows debuted live on NBC, February 25, 1950. This is the “Day Sheet” from that broadcast showing how the day would lay out. The show was 90 minutes and aired at 9PM ending at 10:30PM, but notice that their day started at 9AM with a full dress rehearsal at 5PM. Starring […]
Super Bowl Prep…Chapman’s Two Headed Monster In Action! Here’s a short but sweet clip of the unusual dual platform Chapman sideline cart on the field with comment from NBC cameraman Mark Lynch and driver Rob Lombardi. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=906828359370124&set=vb.112955302090771&type=2&theater[fb_vid id=”906828359370124″]How’d you like to ride on one of these at the Super Bowl? […]
Short But Sweet…NBC NY & Burbank Quick Shots, Early 70s Thanks to our friend John Schipp, we are able to see a little over a minute’s worth of rare footage inside 30 Rock and Burbank. This is from a behind the scenes episode of NBC’s ‘The Go Show’ which aired briefly around 1973. It was […]
NBC Introduces Kinescope Recording…June 1948 Press Release The Kinescope dominated TV recording for time delay in the early 1950’s. A Kinescope recorder was basically a special 16mm or 35mm film camera mounted in a large box aimed at a high quality monochrome video CRT. All things considered the Kinescope made high quality and respectable TV […]