In case you have never seen it, here is the very first sketch of the…
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The First Thomson Camera?
The First Thomson Camera? Close but no cigar...this is the second Thomson camera. Sent to…
A Total Rarity…The GE PC 15 Color Camera
This is a companion to the just posted GE PC 25 photo from Martin Perry,…
A Total Rarity…The GE PC 25 Color Camera
Unfortunately, there are none of these cameras left. The few that were ever made are…
Big Weather, July 1974…WAGA Atlanta
In the summer of 1974, before chroma key walls, virtual sets, or the sleek digital…
Lot Of Camera History In This :30 Promo
Thanks to Martin Perry for sharing this remarkable clip. It turns out KTVT in Fort…
First Network Television Broadcast From Boston
On January 23, 1948, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM, NBC carried out what became the…
Cinema’s First Known Zoom Lens Shot…
https://youtu.be/JzUddMQczJU?t=36 In this clip, starting at 2:00, we see what is thought to be the…
Ladies And Gentlemen…Meet The Voice Of Sleeping Beauty
Before she became the voice that generations would associate with Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, Mary Costa…
Huntley-Brinkley + Garroway-Blair Cover Kennedy-Nixon Election?
YES, because it is very early in the morning and the TODAY Show is starting…
AS RARE AS RARE CAN BE! Ikegami’s First Studio Color Camera(s)
These are Ikegami's First Studio Color Cameras! Above is the Ikegami TK 301, the granddaddy…
Remember The Overmyer/United Network?
The Overmyer—later United—Network remains one of television’s most fascinating near‑misses. The photo shared by Maureen…
The Muppets First Big Break…The Jimmy Dean Show
This one caught me off guard too. Before the world knew the Muppets as a…
Superman’s First “Flight Through the Air”
Just for fun… here’s the moment Superman literally took to the air for the very…
‘Person To Person’ Comes For A Visit
In 1956, Edward R. Murrow’s “eyes and ears” visited Hal March on Person to Person,…
State Of The Art Mobile Television, 1963
In 1963, KPRC‑TV in Houston deployed two advanced mobile television units that were custom-built for…
The RCA TJ 48, Television’s Local Market Workhouse
If you worked in local television in the late ’40s or early ’50s, chances are…
EMI’s C.P.S. Emitron Camera: 1951
If you want to understand where British television engineering stood in the early 1950s, the…
Roll Credits For ’60 Minutes’
Roll Credits! This photo taken in Studio 45 shows the '60 Minutes' credit roll board…
Up Close And Personal…The EMI 2001 Color Camera Video
Up Close And Personal...The EMI 2001 Color Camera The only place most of us in…
CBS Broadcast Center Studios
CBS Broadcast Center Studios Here is the layout of the studios at the Broadcast Center…