ABC…Saved By The Bell & Whistle
ABC was in big trouble till sports programming saved it. In this Silver Anniversary clip, Keith Jackson and Howard Cosell pay tribute to ‘Wide World Of Sports’ and some of the eras top athletes.
“Game Of Thrones” Video Effects…TV’s Ultimate Techno Tapestry It literally boggles the mind to see the depth of video effect detail that goes into each season of this show, but believe it or not, HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” was just as jam packed with VFX. Costume dramas, from bygone eras, are hard to make believable without […]
Through The Eye Of A TK42 On the left is a shot of the RCA TK42 viewfinder framing a weather board at WOC. Between 1965 and 69, RCA sold 375 of these cameras and 93 TK43 models that had the external lens. Today, only 19 are known to have survived in the hands of collectors. […]
WBBM, Chicago: 1981 Behind The Scenes This is a very good and thorough look at what goes into a major market news cast in this era…lots of gear is covered here and it all starts in the studio with Bill Curtis being shot with Thomson cameras. Enjoy! Source
August 27, 1968…44 Years Ago Today Dan Rather was manhandled at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Classic footage of a well remembered event. For more presidential election videos go to electionwall.org Source