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Lot Of Camera History In This :30 Promo
Thanks to Martin Perry for sharing this remarkable clip. It turns out KTVT in Fort…
First Network Television Broadcast From Boston
On January 23, 1948, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM, NBC carried out what became the…
Cinema’s First Known Zoom Lens Shot…
https://youtu.be/JzUddMQczJU?t=36 In this clip, starting at 2:00, we see what is thought to be the…
Huntley-Brinkley + Garroway-Blair Cover Kennedy-Nixon Election?
YES, because it is very early in the morning and the TODAY Show is starting…
AS RARE AS RARE CAN BE! Ikegami’s First Studio Color Camera(s)
These are Ikegami's First Studio Color Cameras! Above is the Ikegami TK 301, the granddaddy…
State Of The Art Mobile Television, 1963
In 1963, KPRC‑TV in Houston deployed two advanced mobile television units that were custom-built for…
The RCA TJ 48, Television’s Local Market Workhouse
If you worked in local television in the late ’40s or early ’50s, chances are…
EMI’s C.P.S. Emitron Camera: 1951
If you want to understand where British television engineering stood in the early 1950s, the…
Another Rarity: TK60s At NBC Burbank
Another Rarity: TK60s At NBC Burbank Compared to others, these cameras had a short life…
The EMI 203 Camera In Action
The EMI 203 Camera In Action Although EMI cameras were ultra rare in the US,…
ULTRA RARE EXCLUSIVE! View From Behind Walter Cronkite’s Desk!
If you have ever wondered what Walter Cronkite saw from his desk, wonder no more.…
Poetry In Motion! .RCA TK47s In Action
Poetry In Motion! Must See...RCA TK47s In Action Shot by an audience member in June…
‘The Pontiac Star Parade’ 1959
'The Pontiac Star Parade' 1959 Here's Gene Kelly in the dress rehearsal at NBC Burbank.…
Jerry Lewis and Video Assist
Follow Up: Jerry Lewis and Video Assist A few days ago, I posted a photo…
A Dying Breath Brought New Life To Video Assist
A Dying Breath Brought New Life To Video Assist In the very last days in…
Someone’s In The Kitchen With Lucy!
Someone's In The Kitchen With Lucy! Ethyl and Lucy rehearse for a scene in the…
Measure Twice, Cut Once
Measure Twice, Cut Once Director of photography Karl Freund has his back to us as…
The First Order For Color Equipment…
The First Order For Color Equipment... Before any other local station, WBAP-TV (now KXAS or…
W6XAO Experimental Station…Now, KCBS
W6XAO Experimental Station...Now, KCBS In 1931 famous California broadcast entrepreneur Don Lee was granted a…
Technically Speaking…The Dumont 124 IO Camera
Technically Speaking...The Dumont 124 IO Camera Finally! Thanks to 51 year TV veteran Bill Freiberg…