The First Camera Dolly, 1936 In the patent application, this is referred to as a…
The Cradle Head Patent
Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention...The Cradle Head Patent The Fearless Camera Company and RCA…
The Fearless Camera Pedestal Patent
The Fearless Camera Pedestal May 23, 1949 Ray Wilcox and Bruce Dalton submitted their patent…
Television’s First Camera Pedestal…November 1936
Designed by Alda V Bedford and Knut J Magnusson, the patent assignment went to RCA…
The 1937 RCA Iconoscope Camera, Patent Diagrams
The interior view in the previous post is the most revealing of the four images,…
The 1942 GE Iconoscope Camera…Rear View
On the back side, things are a little crude on the outside, but inside...state of…
The 1943 GE Iconoscope Camera…Front View
From the front, this camera and the RCA Iconoscope are quite different, yet have one…
A True Rarity! RCA’s First Image Orthicon Prototype Camera
This amazing photo is from October 1945...12 months before the introduction of the RCA TK30.…
‘I’ve Got A Secret’ November 1959…
'I've Got A Secret' November 1959... At the 6 minute mark, Garry Moore call in…
America’s First African American Television Star…Ethyl Waters
As early as 1919, Ethyl Waters had been appearing in roles on Broadway and in…
“Sullivan’s Cameraman” George Moses
Like Red Skelton and others, Sullivan was enamored with the way he looked on television.…
The Great Ones…Jackie Gleason And Pat McBride
It would be extremely interesting to hear the stories Dennis Patrick McBride could tell about…
1954 Rose Parade…First West To East Color Broadcast
January 1, 1954 marked several color television "firsts"...it was the first time the new NBC…
September 17, 1955…First College Football Colorcast
The first NBC color coverage of a college football game was in Atlanta when Georgia…
December 1950…The Debut Of The Sanner Crane
Thanks to Maureen Carney, we have an article that introduces and dates the Sanner Studio…
First Episode ‘I Love Lucy’ Shooting Schedule
Although this episode was the 4th to air in season 1, it was actually the…
A Rare Piece Of Equipment..The ‘Cinimobile’…
This is an ad for the Houston Fearless 'Cinimobile' hydraulic dolly. Last week I posted…
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…
ULTRA RARE EXCLUSIVE! View From Behind Walter Cronkite’s Desk!
If you have ever wondered what Walter Cronkite saw from his desk, wonder no more.…
History Of The CBS Eye Logo
It was born in October of 1951 and here's Charles Osgood's story on it's development…
‘Winky Dink’…World’s First Interactive Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdjFw31u1Cg&ab_channel=MyTVcollection For those of us that remember watching (1953-57), 'Winky Dink' was a Saturday morning…