CBUT Marconi Mark IIs Cover Empire Games, Vancouver The Mark II cameras that were just found were a key element in covering this, and all events of the 1954 Empire Games. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP_NzZP_LK0 On 6th May 1954, Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4-minute mile at Iffley Road, Oxford. He held his world record for just six […]
January 27, 1991…Whitney Houston Mesmerizes America The Story Of The Best Ever Version Of “The Star Spangled Banner” Here is our national anthem sung like never before, and the backstory of how it came to be. Please watch it with the volume high and don’t be surprised if you tear up to, what most consider, […]
I think this is my all time favorite TK41 color shot. My like for this may be influenced by the art of the shot and the set, and even though this is not very colorful, it shows how great the black registration was on this camera. I would have loved to have been at NBC […]
GREAT! NBC’s First Live Coast To Coast Color Spectacular! On Sept. 12, 1954 NBC broadcast their first live coast to coast color spectacular. The 90 minute show, “Satin & Spurs” was produced by Max Liebman and starred Betty Hutton. Above is a black and white kinescope of the whole show, but there’s no mistaking as […]