August 27, 1968…48 Years Ago Today
Dan Rather was manhandled at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. For us Boomers, this is classic footage of a well remembered event. -Bobby Ellerbee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wItUjFU1i4M
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The GE PC 15 Color Camera #2 This is the very rare GE PC 15 color camera on a demonstration set at WRGB in Schenectady, New York. The PC 15 came out in 1958 and was updated around 1965 and renamed the PC 25. This 3 Image Orthicon creation resembles the RCA TK41 in looks […]
The Marconi BD 848 Color Camera, Rare Video In a recent conversation with Chuck Pharis, I discovered that RCA had sold Marconi the rights to make their own version of the TK30 which became the Marconi Mark I. I suspect they also sold them the rights to make a TK41 as well, which became the […]
Historically Speaking… This is a very interesting history of the way television shows were broadcast and recorded first to Kinescopes and later to videotape and how they were edited. Did you know ‘Laugh In’ episodes took over 50 hours to edit? This take us all the way up to Avid systems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIVYeyWHajE Trace the history […]
April 15, 1956: The Day Color TV Came To Chicago http://www.richsamuels.com/nbcmm/1968/fadeup2.html The link above will take you to Rich Samuel’s great site that covers Chicago broadcast history from stem to stern. The linked page is about WMAQ’s conversion to color. I wish more cities had broadcast historians like Mr. Samuels. Enjoy the site! Source