First Film Production Of “The Night Before Christmas”
From the Edison Company, here is what is believed to be, the first filmed presentation of the famous Clement Clark Moore poem. This silent short film, directed by Edward S. Porter was released December 16, 1905 in New York City. Happy Holidays! -Bobby Ellerbee
Super Rare! First Plumbicon Tests The smaller camera is one of two experimental models of the first color plumbicon camera from Philips. It is the predecessor of the Philips LDK1/Norelco PC60 and it ha been built inside the body of a Philips monochrome camera. It is being compared in performance by the BBC to the […]
October 24, 1934…”Santa Clause Is Coming To Town”, Recorded Until broadcast radio and talking pictures came along, there hadn’t really been any “popular” or secular Christmas songs…most were still traditional, religious carols. The first recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band, and was done on October 24, 1934 featuring […]
On February 5, 1967, the Smothers Brothers debuted on CBS and went head to head with the Cartwright brothers on NBC’s Sunday night ratings giant “Bonanza”. To everyone’s (even CBS’s) amazement, in less than a month, they had taken the ratings lead! “The rest” as they say, “is history”…but it was a history that was as […]
Here’s a shot from the 1952 Republican National Convention in Chicago showing the 3 lens version of RCA’s new portable, wireless back pack camera. It could pitch a signal half a mile to the base station. Trying to do this with color took a lot longer and a lot more knee surgeries for the cameramen. […]