Memory Lane…General Hospital
Thanks to Father Bob, here’s video that has a good look at the General Hospital set in Studio 54 on the ABC Prospect lot in Los Angeles. I think the cameras are Ikegami 322s.
Related Posts
ABC Studio 15, a/k/a The Elysee Theatre Unique Facility Tour
Every so often, a television show comes along that quietly resets the tone of an entire genre. For kids’ programming in the late 1970s, that show was Kids Are People Too. ABC launched it on September 10, 1978, and for the next four years — right up through September 5, 1982 — it became the […]
Made In Germany, Fernseh KKO 110,
Made In Germany From around 1956, this is the Fernseh KKO 110, a five lens Image Orthicon monochrome camera. Sleek, handsome and practical in design. That I know of, only Fernseh had the quick change camera numbering system which was quite handy. Source
The History Of The Ampex Owned…Video Tape Center, Part 1 of 3
The History Of The Ampex Owned…Video Tape Center, Part 1 of 3 America’s First Commercial Television Production Facility In 2014, our friend Tom Coughlin traveled to Minnesota to comb the 3M archives as part of his ongoing research into the history of America’s first, and most innovative commercial tele production facility. Tom is a professor […]
August 9, 1936…Jesse Owens Won His 4th Gold Medal In Berlin
August 9, 1936…Jesse Owens Won His 4th Gold Medal In Berlin The first live television coverage of a sports event in world history occurred during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. These games were televised by two German firms, Telefunken and Fernseh. Telefunken’s two large stationary cameras were based on RCA technology and the […]