November 11, 1951...First Video Image From Magnetic Tape Believe it or not, Bing Crosby Enterprises…
Category: Cameras
Welcome To The Heart Of Eyes Of A Generation!
This 100+ pages of television history is unique in all the world! This is a…
November 10, 1969…”Sesame Street” Debuts On PBS
November 10, 1969..."Sesame Street" Debuts On PBS Here is the full debut episode of the…
Happy Trails! Colbert’s Gentle Sendoff To John Meiklejohn……
Happy Trails! Colbert's Gentle Sendoff To John Meiklejohn... One of the best cameramen in the…
Inside The BBC’s Huge Studio 1…1974
Inside The BBC's Huge Studio 1...1974 This is about as full a tour as you…
Total Color Camera Sales, USA, 1954-1982, RCA & All Other Brands
Total Color Camera Count for USA 1954-1982 from RCA, and 1964-1981 including all major brands…
About Me…Bobby Ellerbee
As I write this in my office here at home, there is something sitting 20…
Ellerbee Classic Camera Census
This is the world's first and only count of the remaining studio size television cameras…
Starting From Scratch…The Earliest CBS Grand Central Studios Images
In the fall of 1939, CBS began work on the area they had chosen to…
RCA Broadcast News, January 1954
"Color Television - What It Means To Broadcasters" is the tile of this issue, and…
RCA Broadcast News, April 1961
From April 1961, here is what EVERYBODY was doing with color. From networks to local…
RCA Broadcast News, October 1946
RCA introduces television's first workhorse...the TK30 Image Orthicon Camera...in a multi-page article. This was the…
October 31, 1953 & 1965…Two Color Television Firsts!
October 31, 1953 & 1965...Two Color Television Firsts! On October 31, 1953, NBC broadcast the…
How The Great Neumann U87 Is Made
How The Great Neumann U87 Is Made... My favorite mic. Enjoy. -Bobby Ellerbee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvtjHhtxmpI Interesting…
Making Ribbon Microphones…The Detailed Process
Making Ribbon Microphones...The Detailed Process As a tribute to the sound of the RCA 44,…
October 25, 1956…NBC’s “Camel New Caravan” Ends
October 25, 1956...NBC's "Camel New Caravan" Ends From February 16, 1949 until October 25, 1956,…
October 24, 1980…Letterman Daytime Show Finale & Studio Tour
October 24, 1980...Letterman Daytime Show Finale & Studio Tour Classic, Classy Letterman! Last day of…
October 22, 1939…The First Ever Pro Football Telecast
October 22, 1939...The First Ever Pro Football Telecast 77 years ago today, the relationship between…
STATE OF THE ART: The Studio Cameras…A Primer On Innovations
STATE OF THE ART: The Studio Cameras...A Primer On Innovations The best way to illustrate the…
A Guided Tour Of Some Of Television’s Early Studios…
A Guided Tour Of Some Of Television's Early Studios... You may have seen this before,…
October 19, 1951…The CBS Color System Comes To An End
October 19, 1951...The CBS Color System Comes To An End The CBS field sequential color…