Not long ago, I came across some excelent historical images of television’s first experiments into shadow box technology and precursor elements to telecine and telop technology. I knew that the experts at The Museum of Broadcast Technology in Woonsocket, Rhode Island would be the key to explaining what we were seeing, so I asked our friends there to write this up. Tom Spraigue, Paul Beck, Jay Ballard and Pete Fasciani are MBT’s core and ALL have amazing backgrounds, and I have long been impressed by their work and mission. In this case, Paul Beck took the lead and brings to life how these great images show the transition from imagination to real world capability in an industry that had to be made up as you went along. THANKS to Paul and The Museum of Broadcast Technology for thier help. -Bobby Ellerbee