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CBS Portable Prototype In Action, 1962 Belmont Stakes & ’63 Beatles Miami

CBS Portable Prototype In Action, 1962 Belmont Stakes & ’63 Beatles Miami

  • May 11, 2021

  There are two videos here. The first is a great look at the first…

RCA TR 4 Video Tape Machine Demo

RCA TR 4 Video Tape Machine Demo

  • May 4, 2021

This 1966 RCA demo on how their newest quad machine works is hosted by RCA's…

The BEST JOB In Live Television?

The BEST JOB In Live Television?

  • April 28, 2021

If you guessed "anything" at Saturday Night Live, you'd be 99% right, but only one…

NBC/RCA First All Electronic Television Broadcast…July 7, 1936 + My Curated Video Tour

NBC/RCA First All Electronic Television Broadcast…July 7, 1936 + My Curated Video Tour

  • April 22, 2021

  The First All Electronic Television Broadcast by RCA & NBC, July 7, 1936 +…

A PRIMER ON RCA’S EARLIEST COMPATABLE COLOR CAMERAS

A PRIMER ON RCA’S EARLIEST COMPATABLE COLOR CAMERAS

  • January 17, 2021

I've just recently been able see these stunning in-house marketing photos that reveal some news…

INSIDE NBC’S COLONIAL THEATER & RCA’S COLOR EFFORT

INSIDE NBC’S COLONIAL THEATER & RCA’S COLOR EFFORT

  • January 3, 2021

In all these 15 years of research, I have never found this whole black and…

Video Tape…Images With Impact

Video Tape…Images With Impact

  • January 2, 2021

This 23 minute presentation is a fine historical tutorial on early videotape editing, all the…

AMAZING CBS COLOR STUDIO 72 NYC…COLOR FILM TOUR

AMAZING CBS COLOR STUDIO 72 NYC…COLOR FILM TOUR

  • April 14, 2020

Here is a newly discovered piece of color television history about one of the least…

April 9, 1950…First Bob Hope TV Special, NBC New Amsterdam Theater

April 9, 1950…First Bob Hope TV Special, NBC New Amsterdam Theater

  • April 9, 2017

  On this day in 1950, NBC Radio star Bob Hope was lured to television…

April 6, 1948…Oldest Known Howdy Doody Kinescope Footage: Exclusive

April 6, 1948…Oldest Known Howdy Doody Kinescope Footage: Exclusive

  • April 6, 2017

  THE ORIGINAL HOWDY PUPPET ON ONE OF THE EARLIEST SHOWS RECORDED! This kinescope is…

The Smothers Brothers…SMOTHERED By CBS

The Smothers Brothers…SMOTHERED By CBS

  • February 5, 2017

On February 5, 1967, the Smothers Brothers debuted on CBS and went head to head…

December 27, 1947…”Howdy Doody” Debuts EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

December 27, 1947…”Howdy Doody” Debuts EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

  • December 27, 2016

    December 27, 1947..."Howdy Doody" Debuts EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Thanks to Burt Dubrow, America's top…

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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.

EXCLUSIVE: Inside ABC’s Old West 66 Street HQ, Hundreds of New Photos

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  • September 5, 2026

All You Ever Wanted to Know About NORELCO CAMERAS

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The Amazingly Precise History of Color Television from Ed Reitan

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THE PERSONAL SCRAPBOOK OF GEORGE MOSES, ED SULLIVAN’S CAMERAMAN!

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  • May 31, 2026

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