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Morphing Caterpillar to Butterfly, Vinten Style

Morphing Caterpillar to Butterfly, Vinten Style

  • September 7, 2026

Editor's Note: Above, you see both the Vinten Motorized Crane (color image) and the next…

EXCLUSIVE: Inside ABC’s Old West 66 Street HQ, Hundreds of New Photos

EXCLUSIVE: Inside ABC’s Old West 66 Street HQ, Hundreds of New Photos

  • September 5, 2026

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Photo Link is below, But FIRST…READ THIS for context. MANY THANKS...AGAIN...to our…

Ed Sullivan’s RCA TK11s and Robert Goulet Perform Together…You’ll See

Ed Sullivan’s RCA TK11s and Robert Goulet Perform Together…You’ll See

  • September 1, 2026

From merely wandering among the cameras, to riding the Houston Fearless B30 crane in CBS…

EXCLUSIVE: Inside The NEW ABC HQ…Hundreds of New Photos And The Layout

EXCLUSIVE: Inside The NEW ABC HQ…Hundreds of New Photos And The Layout

  • August 29, 2026

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Photo Link is below, But FIRST...READ THIS for context. Some of the…

The KING of Comedy Specials…TV Director Extraordinaire, John Moffitt

The KING of Comedy Specials…TV Director Extraordinaire, John Moffitt

  • August 21, 2026

Bobby Ellerbee’s Eyes of a Generation is the only truly comprehensive repository of television history…

Bill Johnson, NBCU Director Technical Operations, Project Management

Bill Johnson, NBCU Director Technical Operations, Project Management

  • August 21, 2026

Eyes of a Generation is more than just a website; it is a place where…

Margo Precht Speciale, Producer, Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

Margo Precht Speciale, Producer, Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

  • August 8, 2026

Carrying the Ed Sullivan name means holding a piece of television history in my hands.…

Jay Kernis, Producer, CBS Sunday Morning

Jay Kernis, Producer, CBS Sunday Morning

  • August 7, 2026

“I started in radio in 1969 at the age of 17. After years at NPR,…

John Pinto, Chief Cameraman, Saturday Night Live – NBC New York

John Pinto, Chief Cameraman, Saturday Night Live – NBC New York

  • August 7, 2026

Great job, Bobby. You’ve captured the history, excitement, and the people of our glorious business.…

Ron Simon, Curator, The Paley Center for Media

Ron Simon, Curator, The Paley Center for Media

  • August 7, 2026

I remember talking to the late John Frankenheimer, one of television’s greatest directors of the…

Dr. James L. Baughman, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. James L. Baughman, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • August 6, 2026

A rich visual montage, reminding us how wonderfully cumbersome the first generations of television were. For…

Gady Reinhold, Technical Supervisor, CBS Broadcast Center (Ret.)

Gady Reinhold, Technical Supervisor, CBS Broadcast Center (Ret.)

  • August 6, 2026

It has been 60 years since I started working for CBS at its New York…

Max A. Schindler – Emmy TV Legend

Max A. Schindler – Emmy TV Legend

  • August 6, 2026

I spent 46 years producing and directing news for NBC. I started in the “gee…

Jim Hergenrather, Historian, CBS Television City

Jim Hergenrather, Historian, CBS Television City

  • August 6, 2026

When it comes to the history of something that captured your imagination as a child,…

Richard Carter, TONIGHT SHOW With Jimmy Fallon

Richard Carter, TONIGHT SHOW With Jimmy Fallon

  • August 6, 2026

Having spent 45 years of my professional life behind the camera, including 33 years with…

Mike Conway, Indiana University – Author “The Origins Of Television News In America”

Mike Conway, Indiana University – Author “The Origins Of Television News In America”

  • August 6, 2026

Bobby Ellerbee’s “Eyes of a Generation” project is one of the most important resources for…

Mike Clark, VP Sony Pictures Television (Ret.)

Mike Clark, VP Sony Pictures Television (Ret.)

  • August 5, 2026

My television career began in 1968 at WCNY in Syracuse, where I was still in…

David Hazinski, NBC News – Chair, Broadcast Journalism UGA (Ret.)

David Hazinski, NBC News – Chair, Broadcast Journalism UGA (Ret.)

  • August 5, 2026

You can’t talk about the Liberty Bell without talking about the American Revolution, and vice…

The Museum of Broadcast Technology

The Museum of Broadcast Technology

  • August 5, 2026

The sentiments expressed here are the sum of the feelings and emotions of the entire…

Jon Olson, Technical Director, NBC Burbank (Ret.)

Jon Olson, Technical Director, NBC Burbank (Ret.)

  • August 5, 2026

Wow! What a lane of memories you’ve displayed on your website. I was with NBC…

Randy West, Network Game show, Talk, Variety, Award show Announcer, Author

Randy West, Network Game show, Talk, Variety, Award show Announcer, Author

  • August 5, 2026

  From Philo Farnsworth’s first breakthroughs to today, thousands of people helped shape American television…

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The men and women who shaped American television —producers, directors, engineers, studio crews, and the families of industry legends shared their stories, photos, documents, and memories with me. Many told me the same thing, even the historians for the networks:

“You’re preserving the only institutional knowledge we have left.”

Eyes Of A Generation has always been a collection of history, but now — it has, by default, become a home for the institutional memory of ABC, NBC, and CBS.

In the same way networks kept the videotapes tapes but erased the talent, skill, craftsmanship and even revenue those recorded shows represented…they have lost their histories too!

This is television’s story — created by the people who shaped it and safeguarded here, for those who come after.

EXCLUSIVE: Inside ABC’s Old West 66 Street HQ, Hundreds of New Photos

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  • September 5, 2026

All You Ever Wanted to Know About NORELCO CAMERAS

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  • July 21, 2026

The Amazingly Precise History of Color Television from Ed Reitan

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  • May 31, 2026

THE PERSONAL SCRAPBOOK OF GEORGE MOSES, ED SULLIVAN’S CAMERAMAN!

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  • May 31, 2026

Countdown #50

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Countdown #53

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