Historically Speaking... This is a very interesting history of the way television shows were broadcast…
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A Real Breakthrough…First Non Linear Editing
A Real Breakthrough...at the time Very interesting demo of the first nonlinear editing system from…
The Way Back Machine…This is a 1961 tape effects sales demo
The Way Back Machine... This is a 1961 tape effects sales demo from KTTV in…
Ellerbee Camera Collection Video Tour
Ellerbee Camera Collection Video Tour For those of you that have never seen this, here…
See Anything “Interesting” In This 1907 Photo?
See Anything "Interesting" In This 1907 Photo? Yes...a microphone! Believe it or not, Thomas Edison…
First KFO…Two Points Of Interest
Two Points Of Interest... Before it was renamed 'Kukla, Fran And Ollie' in October of…
CBS Uses Thomson Cameras…1985 NCAA Championships
CBS Uses Thomson Cameras...1985 NCAA Championships Yesterday, veteran cameraman Kevin Vahey mentioned in a note…
Vintage Video Collections
America's Camera Collections My friend Richard Wirth recently published this article "Vintage Video Collections" that…
‘All Star Review’, 1952…One Of The First Camera Mounted Teleprompters
'All Star Review', 1952 In the last year of so of this NBC show, Martha…
Look Ma…No Viewfinders!
Look Ma...No Viewfinders! The RCA TK30s became available in late 1946, but there was some…
One Of My Favorite Cameras…Marconi Mark IV
One Of My Favorite Cameras This is the Marconi Mark IV. It's standard tube was…
The Baughman Pedestal
The Baughman Pedestal This little mobile pedestal was a real work horse from the 1950s…
The CBS Field Sequential Color System
The Answer to Randy West's Question, And More... In a recent post showing the CBS…
Early Color Challenges
Early Color Challenges How do you develop first quality color broadcasts without the ability to…
Live From Leiderkrantz Hall?
Live From Leiderkrantz Hall? Yes! That was where Douglas Edwards began hosting network television's very…
The 1936 RCA Iconoscope Camera (2 of 2)
The 1936 RCA Iconoscope Camera (2 of 2) These cameras opened from the rear and…
The 1936 RCA Iconoscope Camera (1 of 2)
The 1936 RCA Iconoscope Camera (1 of 2) This is the original version of the…
EMI, The Start Of Something Big…
EMI, The Start Of Something Big... Below is an EMI 203 Image Orthicon camera from…
KTLA Mobile Units 1956
KTLA Mobile Units 1956 In the first 3 or 4 minutes, we get to see…
The Vinten ‘Heron’ Studio Crane …
Takes A Lickin' And Keeps On Tickin' This is the Vinten 'Heron' studio crane and…
Know What The Yellow Flag Is For? Read On….
Ever See This? This is an early model of the European made Phillips PC 60.…