‘The Pontiac Star Parade’ 1959
Here’s Gene Kelly in the dress rehearsal at NBC Burbank. Below you can see a clip from the show that gives you a good look at one of the huge studios and some pretty fancy crane camera work at the start. The cameras were RCA TK41s.
June 25, 1951…The First Commercial Colorcast Is Done By CBS Sixty three years ago today, the first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.The whole story and 20 rare photos are at this link https://eyesofageneration.com/cbs-field-sequential-color-cameras-at-studio-57/ Although there is not a lot of information CBS […]
November 10, 1969…”Sesame Street” Debuts On PBS Here is the full debut episode of the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9NUiHCr9Cs&ab_channel=Blue%27sClues%26TheWigglesFTW Since almost almost everyone in the world knows the show, since it’s now on in 123 countries, we’ll celebrate the anniversary with a look at the early production history. In the photos below, we see the original home […]
The History Of The Ampex Owned…Video Tape Center, Part 1 of 3 America’s First Commercial Television Production Facility In 2014, our friend Tom Coughlin traveled to Minnesota to comb the 3M archives as part of his ongoing research into the history of America’s first, and most innovative commercial tele production facility. Tom is a professor […]
October 3, 1955…”Captain Kangaroo” & “Mickey Mouse Club” Debut What a great day for kids! One new morning show and one new afternoon show! Above is the whole story of “The Mickey Mouse Club”…a 50 minute video, full of history and the story of how it came to be for ABC and Disney. At CBS, […]