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RCA TR 4 Video Tape Machine Demo

RCA TR 4 Video Tape Machine Demo

  • May 4, 2021

This 1966 RCA demo on how their newest quad machine works is hosted by RCA's…

The BEST JOB In Live Television?

The BEST JOB In Live Television?

  • April 28, 2021

If you guessed "anything" at Saturday Night Live, you'd be 99% right, but only one…

NBC/RCA First All Electronic Television Broadcast…July 7, 1936 + My Curated Video Tour

NBC/RCA First All Electronic Television Broadcast…July 7, 1936 + My Curated Video Tour

  • April 22, 2021

  The First All Electronic Television Broadcast by RCA & NBC, July 7, 1936 +…

The First 50 Years of Broadcasting

The First 50 Years of Broadcasting

  • April 18, 2021

Going back to 1931, the names Farnsworth and Zworykin ring out as the editors of …

A PRIMER ON RCA’S EARLIEST COMPATABLE COLOR CAMERAS

A PRIMER ON RCA’S EARLIEST COMPATABLE COLOR CAMERAS

  • January 17, 2021

I've just recently been able see these stunning in-house marketing photos that reveal some news…

INSIDE NBC’S COLONIAL THEATER & RCA’S COLOR EFFORT

INSIDE NBC’S COLONIAL THEATER & RCA’S COLOR EFFORT

  • January 3, 2021

In all these 15 years of research, I have never found this whole black and…

Video Tape…Images With Impact

Video Tape…Images With Impact

  • January 2, 2021

This 23 minute presentation is a fine historical tutorial on early videotape editing, all the…

NBC Tour Book: 1939 World’s Fair…America’s View of Television

NBC Tour Book: 1939 World’s Fair…America’s View of Television

  • November 12, 2020

The first big push to bring television to the public's attention was mounted by RCA…

1931: Tour Of CBS Experimental TV Studio, W2XAB New York

1931: Tour Of CBS Experimental TV Studio, W2XAB New York

  • May 1, 2020

Complete with pictures and drawings, this 1931 article from Science and Mechanics takes us on…

The Birth Of The Camera Mounted Electronic Viewfinder

The Birth Of The Camera Mounted Electronic Viewfinder

  • April 20, 2020

With all of RCA's incredible advances and discoveries in television, you would have thought that…

AMAZING CBS COLOR STUDIO 72 NYC…COLOR FILM TOUR

AMAZING CBS COLOR STUDIO 72 NYC…COLOR FILM TOUR

  • April 14, 2020

Here is a newly discovered piece of color television history about one of the least…

A Production Primer By Television’s First Cameraman

A Production Primer By Television’s First Cameraman

  • April 14, 2020

  In a photo taken in NBC's historic Studio 3H, we see Albert Protzman, the…

The Rarely Seen GE PE 25 Color Camera

The Rarely Seen GE PE 25 Color Camera

  • March 24, 2020

Thanks to our friend Martin Perry, this catalog is the only piece of GE information…

CBS Broadcast Center…1964 Introduction Book

CBS Broadcast Center…1964 Introduction Book

  • November 10, 2018

This 60 page book was presented at the 1964 NAB Convention to introduce the new…

April 14, 1956…Videotape Recording Debuts; Ampex VR-1000 Unveiled

April 14, 1956…Videotape Recording Debuts; Ampex VR-1000 Unveiled

  • April 14, 2017

On April 14,1956, this prototype Ampex VTR called "Mark IV" started a whole new era…

April 10, 1985…Inside CBS News Studio 33 With Dan Rather

April 10, 1985…Inside CBS News Studio 33 With Dan Rather

  • April 10, 2017

This is a rare look inside CBS Studio 33, or what many call The Cronkite…

April 9, 1950…First Bob Hope TV Special, NBC New Amsterdam Theater

April 9, 1950…First Bob Hope TV Special, NBC New Amsterdam Theater

  • April 9, 2017

  On this day in 1950, NBC Radio star Bob Hope was lured to television…

April 6, 1948…Oldest Known Howdy Doody Kinescope Footage: Exclusive

April 6, 1948…Oldest Known Howdy Doody Kinescope Footage: Exclusive

  • April 6, 2017

  THE ORIGINAL HOWDY PUPPET ON ONE OF THE EARLIEST SHOWS RECORDED! This kinescope is…

April 5, 1948, Chicago’s WGN Signs On…Great Vintage Pictorial

April 5, 1948, Chicago’s WGN Signs On…Great Vintage Pictorial

  • April 5, 2017

  Above is a shot of my RCA TK10 from WGN...one of the original eight…

April 4, 1967…Johnny Carson Quits “Tonight”! Remember This?

April 4, 1967…Johnny Carson Quits “Tonight”! Remember This?

  • April 4, 2017

When people think about hosts quitting the "Tonight" show, Jack Paar's famous walk off is the…

NBC Universal Orlando…New Home To My Pat Weaver RCA TK30

NBC Universal Orlando…New Home To My Pat Weaver RCA TK30

  • April 2, 2017

  This week, "The Tonight Show Experience" will open at Universal Studios Orlando, with Jimmy…

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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.

All You Ever Wanted to Know About NORELCO CAMERAS

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The Amazingly Precise History of Color Television from Ed Reitan

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

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HOW TELEVISION GRAPHICS CAME TO BE

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