John Vassos: Transparent Television
Yesterday, I posted a story on industrial design pioneer John Vassos and his influence on the RCA Television cameras. Today, I thought I’d show you the plexiglass TRK 12 receiver he built for the 1939 World’s Fair. Vassos helped design the RCA building there, and all of the display areas.
Marilyn Monroe….’Person To Person’ April 8, 1955 http://youtu.be/L05TYBXwU3A?t=4m12s At the clip above, we start with photographer Milton Green walking through the living room we see in the photos. While he’s walking toward the kitchen where Marilyn is waiting, he is talking live with Edward R. Murrow via the new Shur “Vagabond” wireless microphone. The Vagabond […]
May 13, 1957…Production Begins On “Jailhouse Rock” In this classic photo, we see two RCA TK41s on either side of the Mitchell film cameras at MGM, during a rehearsal of the big dance number. Both cameras can be seen at the open and close of the video linked above. They are most likely on loan […]
In the video, notice that the tape reels are stacked on top of each other! One-reel spins one way and the other reel spins the other way! Amazing! There are some good war stories in the comments section below, but here is more on this unique machine. Being described as “portable” is fine, until you […]
Live Eye…First Of The Live TV Vans WTVJ in Miami purchased its first “Live-Eye” Truck in 1975. Built by the O.J. Ferrell Company, and modified by the engineering staff, the truck was considered to be “State-of-the-Art,” and once boasted doing 11 news stories in one day. WAGA in Atlanta also bought Live Eye trucks in […]