The Final Night & Johnny’s Last Monologue This video is a behind the scenes look at the last show, May 22, 1992. Below is the text of Johnny’s last monologue. “Around the studio, we are still on an emotional high from last night; we have not come down yet. I want to thank Robin Williams […]
NBC Television’s First “Ingest” Center…Studio 5H In video production, ingest is a relatively new term which simply means to bring a new program or it’s elements into a studio or facility. In December of 1953, NBC completed Studio 5H to do just that. It was a control room into which breaking news stories and remote […]
August 16…A Huge Date In American History On August 16, 1969, it was the second day of music at Woodstock with performances by Canned Heat, Creedence Clearwater, Melanie, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane, The Incredible String Band, Santana, The Who, Paul Butterfield and Keel Hartley. On August 16, 1977, The King Died. […]
You won’t believe the paint job on these 1947 French cameras! The build is pretty interesting too! Notice that the viewfinder is built into the pedestal column. Thanks to Brock Whaley in Ireland for sending this. Source