Marconi Mark IVs and RCA TK60s In Action! From Jerry Lewis's 'The Patsy' from 1964,…
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See Anything “Interesting” In This 1907 Photo?
See Anything "Interesting" In This 1907 Photo? Yes...a microphone! Believe it or not, Thomas Edison…
The Edison Studios…Home Of The First Motion Pictures
The Edison Studios...Home Of The First Motion Pictures In 1907, Edison had new facilities built…
First KFO…Two Points Of Interest
Two Points Of Interest... Before it was renamed 'Kukla, Fran And Ollie' in October of…
CBS Uses Thomson Cameras…1985 NCAA Championships
CBS Uses Thomson Cameras...1985 NCAA Championships Yesterday, veteran cameraman Kevin Vahey mentioned in a note…
Vintage Video Collections
America's Camera Collections My friend Richard Wirth recently published this article "Vintage Video Collections" that…
‘All Star Review’, 1952…One Of The First Camera Mounted Teleprompters
'All Star Review', 1952 In the last year of so of this NBC show, Martha…
Look Ma…No Viewfinders!
Look Ma...No Viewfinders! The RCA TK30s became available in late 1946, but there was some…
Small World…As it turns out, this is one of my RCA TK60s.
Small World... As it turns out, this is one of my RCA TK60s. I just…
One Of My Favorite Cameras…Marconi Mark IV
One Of My Favorite Cameras This is the Marconi Mark IV. It's standard tube was…
The Baughman Pedestal
The Baughman Pedestal This little mobile pedestal was a real work horse from the 1950s…
The CBS Field Sequential Color System
The Answer to Randy West's Question, And More... In a recent post showing the CBS…
NBC Burbank Studio 1
Now You Know Why... Ever wonder why Johnny Carson sometime looked like he was talking…
Per Episode Production Cost Of One Hour Shows 1970
Per Episode Production Cost Of One Hour Shows The 1970s was the first full decade…
Early Color Challenges
Early Color Challenges How do you develop first quality color broadcasts without the ability to…
How ‘I Love Lucy’ Was Produced…The Details
Above is a view of tri-set layout on Stage 2 of General Service Studio where…
‘I Love Lucy’…What The Actors Saw
'I Love Lucy' From the set, here is a look at what Lucy, Rickey, Fred…
Live From Leiderkrantz Hall?
Live From Leiderkrantz Hall? Yes! That was where Douglas Edwards began hosting network television's very…
Day One Of ‘Today’
Day One Of 'Today' Below is a photo taken on January 14, 1952...the day 'Today'…
‘Mike And Buff’
'Mike And Buff' In response to yesterday's post on the CBS color broadcasts, Mark VonderEmbse…
The 1936 RCA Iconoscope Camera (2 of 2)
The 1936 RCA Iconoscope Camera (2 of 2) These cameras opened from the rear and…
