The EMMY Awards: Part 2 Here is a photo from the 1955 Emmy Awards. NBC…
Category: Technology
Did you know CBS made tubes?
Did you know CBS made tubes? I didn't either till I saw this old ad…
Finally! I’ve wondered for years what this pedestal is and now I know
Finally! I've wondered for years what this pedestal is and now I know...it's a Canon…
TV History: October 5, 1947…First White House Broadcast
TV History: October 5, 1947 Below, a single RCA TK30 pool camera is shown bringing…
Jerry Lewis: Video Assist Pioneer
Jerry Lewis: Innovator Extraordinaire Jerry is responsible for bringing video assist to film making. In…
MLB Productions Tour Of Their New Studios
MLB Productions Tour Here's an inside look at Major League Baseball Network's new production center.In…
BBC Version Of RCA TK41…Marconi BD 848 Video
How Very Interesting! Here is something very rare! At just over 2:20 in, the BBC's…
Keeping The Cameramen In NBC Studio 6A On Their Toes!
Keeping the cameramen in Studio 6A on their toes, here's Chris Farley on Conan from…
Water Cooled Studio Lighting…1944
Water Cooled Studio Lighting...1944 Recently a few discussion questions have popped up...one of them on…
Finally…A HOT CAMERA At My House!
Finally...A HOT CAMERA! I'm quite happy to finally have a working camera in my collection.…
Sammy Davis Opens In Front Of Crane Mounted TK41
Interesting! Sammy opens the show in front of a crane mounted TK41. If you look…
Water Cooled Studio Lights & Early Studio Shots, WRGB TV
Now this is interesting. Although dated 1948, the RCA part was shot a couple of…
RCA TK41s At NBC Burbank Capture Holiday Color Treasure
Thanks to the fabulous RCA TK41s and NBC Burbank crew, here are 2 GREAT back…
The Team That Came Up With The RCA TK 11/31
This is the team that came up with the RCA TK 11 - 31. Only…
The 27 Element Zoomar Field Lens
Here is the one of two very rare lenses donated to the Pavek Museum...this one…
What A Find! Electra Zoom Prototype
What A Find! Steve Raymer at The Pavek Museum in the Minneapolis area has received…
Special Museums Keep ‘Tubes Lit’ in Yesterday’s TV Gear, by James E. O’Neal
Hot off the presses! Here is the 3rd part of Jame O'Neal's great series on…
The Vinten Heron Crane & History
One more story on Vinten...the great Heron Crane. Take a look! The Vinten Heron –…
The Vinten Equipment Time Line
Here's the official Vinten Timeline on their creations for those of you, like me, that…
The Rare Vinten Peregrine Crane
Now this is interesting! The Vinten Peregrine was a failed experiment in camera crane technology.…
Keeping Early Television’s Legacy Alive, by James E. O’Neal
So glad to see this story on the old equipment and museums! Glad my friends…