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CBS Color Tests, 1951
A glimpse behind the scenes of the on-air tests of CBS's mechanical color system.
CBS Television, November 1955
A special look at CBS Television in 1955.
TeleTales #266…TV Golf In The 1950s
TeleTales #266...TV Golf In The 1950s With The Master's fresh on our minds, here is…
The History Of Video Tape Development By The Man Who Did It!
Melvin Sater’s 18 page account of those early days of developing the first commercially available…
Vintage WGN-TV — Chicago Tribune
April 1948, Chicago's WGN-TV Sings On...Vintage Photo Album WGN, Channel 9, is one of the…
Marilyn Monroe….’Person To Person’ April 8, 1955
Marilyn Monroe....'Person To Person' April 8, 1955 http://youtu.be/L05TYBXwU3A?t=4m12s At the clip above, we start with…
The Masters Of Stage Craft Magic…IATSE Local 1, New York
The Masters Of Stage Craft Magic...IATSE Local 1, New York City Before videotape came along…
The Night RFK Was Shot…Inside The Ambassador Hotel, Part 2 of 3
Rare Photos Of The Television Coverage...June 4, 1968 I have had several request to repost…
The Night RFK Was Shot…Inside The Ambassador Hotel, Part 3 of 3
Rare Photos Of The Television Coverage...June 4, 1968 I have had several request to repost…
Inside The First Electronic Camera & Pedestal
Television's first real studio was RCA's Studio 3H inside NBC. Operating in secret, for the…
The Human Test Patterns Who First Calibrated Color TV
A Wonderful Primer On Early Color Television... Written around the story of the ladies that…
March 6, 1981…Walter Cronkite’s Farewell: The Day Hard News Died
March 6, 1981...Walter Cronkite's Farewell: The Day Hard News Died 34 years ago today, Walter…
TeleTales #100…When Your’e Hot, Your’e Hot!
TeleTales #100...When Your'e Hot, Your'e Hot! Television City Here's an RCA TK11 in cool down…
TeleTales #89…The Early Days Of WMAR, Baltimore
TeleTales #89...The Early Days Of WMAR, Baltimore These are the new WMAR mobile units in…
The Debut Of “Playhouse 90″…October 4, 1956
The Debut Of "Playhouse 90"...October 4, 1956 This is how television's most distinguished anthology series…
TeleTales #67…A HUGE Beatles SURPRISE!
TeleTales #67...A HUGE Beatles SURPRISE! CBS sent one of their prototype hand held video cameras…
February 9,1964…The Beatles Debuted On Ed Sullivan
From last year's big 50th Anniversary coverage, here is my story on how to tell…
TeleTales #60…The CBS Censors And The Smothers Brothers
TeleTales #60...The CBS Censors And The Smothers Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqriMwc53es&ab_channel=FoundationINTERVIEWS Thanks to Randy West, here is…
TeleTales #56…Network Television’s First News Program
TeleTales #56...Network Television's First News Program In 1947, CBS began experimenting with a news show…
TeleTales #55…VIII Winter Olympics From Squaw Valley
TeleTales #55...VIII Winter Olympics From Squaw Valley In February of 1960, CBS televised the events…