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1954; The Year In Color At NBC

1954; The Year In Color At NBC

  • November 2, 2014

On A Related Note...1954; The Year In Color At NBC Just a month before NBC…

A Rare And Detailed Look At NBC’s Brooklyn Studios…Part 1 of 2

A Rare And Detailed Look At NBC’s Brooklyn Studios…Part 1 of 2

  • November 2, 2014

A Rare And Detailed Look At NBC's Brooklyn Studios...Part 1 of 2 For me, these…

Ultra Rare! Network Telop Cards…Circa 1955

Ultra Rare! Network Telop Cards…Circa 1955

  • November 2, 2014

Ultra Rare! Network Telop Cards...Cica 1955 From the Gady Reinhold Collection, here are nine opaque…

Frank Gaeta “In The Bucket” At NBC Brooklyn Studios

Frank Gaeta “In The Bucket” At NBC Brooklyn Studios

  • November 1, 2014

NBC Brooklyn Studios History Coming, But For Now...Check This Out! This opens with a great…

Before Character Generation, There Was This…Then Came Vidifont

Before Character Generation, There Was This…Then Came Vidifont

  • November 1, 2014

Before Character Generation, There Was This...Then Came Vidifont The first electronic graphics machine used in…

November 1, 1960…Rare! The Photo And Video, Martin And Sinatra

November 1, 1960…Rare! The Photo And Video, Martin And Sinatra

  • November 1, 2014

November 1, 1960...Rare! The Photo And Video, Martin And Sinatra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hb3R3S1_7k&ab_channel=2packs4sure Before the 1965-1974 'Dean…

October 31, 1950…Trick Or Treat? My Parents Would Say, BOTH!

October 31, 1950…Trick Or Treat? My Parents Would Say, BOTH!

  • October 31, 2014

October 31, 1950...Trick Or Treat? My Parents Would Say, BOTH! Yep, today's my birthday and…

Halloween Special  #5…One Minute Of Movie Magic That Lasts A Lifetime

Halloween Special #5…One Minute Of Movie Magic That Lasts A Lifetime

  • October 31, 2014

Halloween Special #5...One Minute Of Movie Magic That Lasts A Lifetime This is perhaps one…

In Case You Missed This…The Oldest Known ‘Tonight’ Color Clip

In Case You Missed This…The Oldest Known ‘Tonight’ Color Clip

  • October 31, 2014

In Case You Missed This...The Oldest Known 'Tonight' Color Clip During yesterday's camera comparisons, Gary…

October 31, 1965…’The Ed Sullivan Show’ Goes Color

October 31, 1965…’The Ed Sullivan Show’ Goes Color

  • October 31, 2014

October 31, 1965...'The Ed Sullivan Show' Goes Color https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRH5lbbACSs&ab_channel=TheEdSullivanShow Although I can't locate a clip…

October 31, 1953…NBC’s First Network Colorcast: “Carmen”

October 31, 1953…NBC’s First Network Colorcast: “Carmen”

  • October 31, 2014

October 31, 1953...NBC's First Network Colorcast: "Carmen" In essence, the opera "Carmen" was broadcast nationally…

Tribute 1 To The RCA TK41…The True Blacks And Mood

Tribute 1 To The RCA TK41…The True Blacks And Mood

  • October 30, 2014

I think this is my all time favorite TK41 color shot. My like for this…

Tribute 2 To The RCA TK41…The Color And Warmth

Tribute 2 To The RCA TK41…The Color And Warmth

  • October 30, 2014

To me, the best examples of the great pictures the TK41 made are captured on…

Halloween Special  #3…Universal’s Master Of Makeup, Jack Pierce

Halloween Special #3…Universal’s Master Of Makeup, Jack Pierce

  • October 30, 2014

Halloween Special #3...Universal's Master Of Makeup, Jack Pierce We said a brief hello to Jack…

The GE PE 20…A Witness To History In Dallas

The GE PE 20…A Witness To History In Dallas

  • October 30, 2014

The GE PE 20...A Witness To History In Dallas The Broadcast Engineering ad here is…

October 30, 1931…NBC Begins Work On Empire State Tower

October 30, 1931…NBC Begins Work On Empire State Tower

  • October 30, 2014

October 30, 1931...NBC Begins Work On Empire State Tower On this day in 1931, NBC…

Halloween Special  #1…Rare Frankenstein Color Footage

Halloween Special #1…Rare Frankenstein Color Footage

  • October 29, 2014

Halloween Special #1...Rare Frankenstein Color Footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3f-zm2jyFo&ab_channel=historycomestolife This is a short color home movie clip…

Putting A Face To A Famous Voice, Again…Meet Apple’s Siri

Putting A Face To A Famous Voice, Again…Meet Apple’s Siri

  • October 29, 2014

Putting A Face To A Famous Voice, Again...Meet Apple's Siri Long before there was an…

Putting A Face To A Famous Voice…The Telephone Company Lady

Putting A Face To A Famous Voice…The Telephone Company Lady

  • October 29, 2014

Putting A Face To A Famous Voice...The Telephone Company Lady Long before all the new…

October 29, 1956…’The Huntley Brinkley Report’ Debuts On NBC

October 29, 1956…’The Huntley Brinkley Report’ Debuts On NBC

  • October 29, 2014

October 29, 1956...'The Huntley Brinkley Report' Debuts On NBC First, a note on the video…

The First Ever Barbie Commercial

The First Ever Barbie Commercial

  • October 28, 2014

Speaking Of Toys...Here Is The First Ever Barbie Commercial This is reported to have aired…

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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.

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