At this link are 29 classic images taken and shared by our dear friend Dennis Degan. Through the course of his television carier, he has worked as engineer and editor but is also a first rate photographer so enjoy! Be sure to notice the captions on each image when you move your mouse over the lower left corner.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/sets/72157600588273750/
Popular Mechanics shows in detail how one of the 1952 political conventions would be televised from Chicago. These were major broadcast events, and the amount of equipment and people brought in is just amazing.
Boy, do I wish I could have one owned one of these three Marconi Mark IV cameras from WCNY-TV! These three Mark IV cameras are very rare, and have a very interesting history. Here are a few shots of these historic cameras in action at WCNY, a PBS affiliate in Syracuse, NY circa 1969. Believe it […]
The first big push to bring television to the public’s attention was mounted by RCA at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. This is a rare survivor…the 32 page tour book handed out at the RCA Pavilion, that attempts to cover many aspects of the new media. It is packed with rare photos and […]
This 23 minute presentation is a fine historical tutorial on early videotape editing, all the way from the jump cut developed on NBC’s “Laugh In” to the electronic video editing of the 70s and 80s.