Skip to content
  • Home
  • Welcome
  • Philo T. Farnsworth
  • TV History
  • Network Studios History
    • ABC studios – New York
    • ABC studios – West Coast
    • CBS studios – New York
    • CBS studios – West Coast
    • CBS Television City
      • CBS Television City Shows, 1954 – 2015
      • Stage 31
      • Stage 33
      • Stage 36
      • Stage 41
      • Stage 43
      • Stage 46
      • Stage 56
      • Stage 58
    • NBC studios – New York, Volume 1
    • NBC studios – New York, Volume 2
    • NBC studios – West Coast
  • Cameras
    • Ellerbee Camera Collection
      • RCA TK10 from WGN
      • The Pat Weaver RCA TK30
      • RCA TK11/31
      • RCA TK41C
      • RCA TK60
      • Marconi Mark IV
      • Norelco PC60
      • RCA TK42
      • RCA TK44B
      • Marconi Mark VII
      • RCA TK47
      • Ikegami HK312
      • Sony BVP360
      • My NBC Chimes
    • RCA Cameras
      • The Early RCA Cameras…1935-1946
      • RCA TK10 And TK30
      • RCA TK11/TK31
      • RCA TK40 And TK41
      • RCA TK42/TK43
      • RCA TK44/TK45/TK46
      • RCA TK47
      • RCA TK60
    • GE Cameras
    • Norelco Cameras
    • DuMont Cameras
    • Marconi Cameras
    • Camera Catalogs
      • RCA camera catalogs
      • Norelco camera catalogs
      • GE camera catalogs
      • Ikegami camera catalogs
      • Hitachi camera catalogs
      • Sony broadcast equipment catalogs
  • Archives
    • Camera Catalogs
      • Ampex Broadcast Equipment Catalogs
      • RCA camera catalogs
      • Norelco camera catalogs
      • GE camera catalogs
      • Ikegami camera catalogs
      • Hitachi camera catalogs
      • Sony broadcast equipment catalogs
  • Viewseum
  • About
  • Contact/Donate

Tag: John Pinto

  • Home
  • About
  • John Pinto
John Pinto, Chief Cameraman, Saturday Night Live – NBC New York

John Pinto, Chief Cameraman, Saturday Night Live – NBC New York

  • August 7, 2026

Great job, Bobby. You’ve captured the history, excitement, and the people of our glorious business.…

Studio 8H and the Chapman crane

Studio 8H and the Chapman crane

  • May 6, 2020

Among the very few things that have not changed since Saturday Night Live debuted in…

Seems Like Only Yesterday, And It WAS! SNL Rehearsal Shot

Seems Like Only Yesterday, And It WAS! SNL Rehearsal Shot

  • November 2, 2014

Seems Like Only Yesterday, And It WAS! SNL Rehearsal Shot Here's Chris Rock with Jay…

‘Saturday Night Live’…2009 Time Lapse Video

‘Saturday Night Live’…2009 Time Lapse Video

  • June 5, 2014

'Saturday Night Live'...2009 Time Lapse Video This is the first SNL time lapse clip and…

What Do These RCA TK41 Color Cameras Have In Common?

What Do These RCA TK41 Color Cameras Have In Common?

  • May 9, 2014

What Do These RCA TK41 Color Cameras Have In Common? Above is a bank of…

The Nearly Lost Art Of Live Crane Work…

The Nearly Lost Art Of Live Crane Work…

  • March 4, 2014

The Nearly Lost Art Of Live Crane Work... I can't write this without thinking of…

New “Do” And A Great Crew…More On The NBC 8H Electra Crane

New “Do” And A Great Crew…More On The NBC 8H Electra Crane

  • November 17, 2013

New "Do" And A Great Crew...More On The NBC 8H Electra Crane Yesterday you met…

Saturday Night Live and Studio 8H In Action Time Lapse

Saturday Night Live and Studio 8H In Action Time Lapse

  • August 2, 2013

Amazing! Saturday Night Live and Studio 8H In Action In the first part of this…

RETIRED!After some 30+ years, this famous Chapman Electra crane is leaving

RETIRED!After some 30+ years, this famous Chapman Electra crane is leaving

  • July 20, 2012

UPDATE: This 2012 story has a happy ending...the new crane was not able to make…

Sammy Davis Opens In Front Of Crane Mounted TK41

Sammy Davis Opens In Front Of Crane Mounted TK41

  • January 6, 2012

Interesting! Sammy opens the show in front of a crane mounted TK41. If you look…

Footer Banner

The men and women who shaped American television —producers, directors, engineers, studio crews, and the families of industry legends shared their stories, photos, documents, and memories with me. Many told me the same thing, even the historians for the networks:

“You’re preserving the only institutional knowledge we have left.”

Eyes Of A Generation has always been a collection of history, but now — it has, by default, become a home for the institutional memory of ABC, NBC, and CBS.

In the same way networks kept the videotapes tapes but erased the talent, skill, craftsmanship and even revenue those recorded shows represented…they have lost their histories too!

This is television’s story — created by the people who shaped it and safeguarded here, for those who come after.

All You Ever Wanted to Know About NORELCO CAMERAS

  • gilligans1
  • July 21, 2026

The Amazingly Precise History of Color Television from Ed Reitan

  • gilligans1
  • May 31, 2026

THE PERSONAL SCRAPBOOK OF GEORGE MOSES, ED SULLIVAN’S CAMERAMAN!

  • gilligans1
  • May 31, 2026

HOW TELEVISION GRAPHICS CAME TO BE

  • gilligans1
  • February 14, 2024

Countdown #55

  • Dave Donaldson
  • August 16, 2026

Countdown #56

  • Dave Donaldson
  • August 9, 2026

Countdown #57

  • Dave Donaldson
  • August 2, 2026

Countdown #58

  • Dave Donaldson
  • July 26, 2026
Copyright © 2026 Eyes Of A Generation…Television's Living History