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The First Kinescope Images…”Colored Television”, 1933
The First Kinescope Images..."Colored Television", 1933 Earlier this week, I posted a story on RCA/NBC's…
SPECIAL 3 DAY BIRTH OF COLOR EVENT: DAY 1, PART 1
SPECIAL 3 DAY BIRTH OF COLOR EVENT: DAY 1, PART 1 Today is the eve…
October 19, 1951…The CBS Color System Comes To An End
October 19, 1951...The CBS Color System Comes To An End The CBS field sequential color…
October 18, 1952…RCA’s First Experimental Color Football Broadcast
Below is a rare look at RCA/NBC's first color remote unit, used for this color-cast.…
September 25, 1964…Last Black & White Bob Hope Special Airs
September 25, 1964...Last Black & White Bob Hope Special Airs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkntHZ91WJI At the link above…
September 13, 1947…The RCA Kinescope Machine Debuts
September 13, 1947...The RCA Kinescope Machine Debuts In association with Dumont, Kodak and RCA announced…
EXCLUSIVE…Inside The First Color Television Remote Unit
Thanks to Chuck Pharis, and his very rare RCA "Red Book", I have new information…
A True Rarity. Television’s Only Six Shooter
This is the six lens EMI Emitron camera from 1951. That I know of, no…
The First Rose Parade Color Cast…NBC, January 1, 1954
The First Rose Parade Color Cast...NBC, January 1, 1954 This was the first ever national…
Bob Hope Special Shot With RCA TK60s, Excellent Crisp Video
Just For Fun...Bob Hope Special Shot With RCA TK60s, Excellent Crisp Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkntHZ91WJI&ab_channel=20thCenturyVision Above is…
Speaking Of Camera Drawings…Here’s An Interesting Twist From The UK
Speaking Of Camera Drawings...Here's An Interesting Twist From The UK The gallery of "kid camera"…
October 31, 1953…NBC’s First Network Colorcast: “Carmen”
October 31, 1953...NBC's First Network Colorcast: "Carmen" In essence, the opera "Carmen" was broadcast nationally…
The GE PE 20…A Witness To History In Dallas
The GE PE 20...A Witness To History In Dallas The Broadcast Engineering ad here is…
More Of The Eyes Of A Generation Collection…
More Of The Eyes Of A Generation Collection... On the left, an RCA TK42 and…
The History Of The RCA TK12 / TK60…Hard Decisions All Around
The History Of The RCA TK12 / TK60...Hard Decisions All Around Since we've seen a…
45 Years Ago Today…Apollo 11 Begins The Trip Home: Day 7
45 Years Ago Today...Apollo 11 Begins The Trip Home: Day 7 Here is the seventh…
Ultra Rare! RCA TK40 Prototype Color Camera…November 1952
Ultra Rare! RCA TK40 Prototype Color Camera...November 1952 Since posting this a year or so…
NBC Introduces Kinescope Recording…June 1948 Press Release
NBC Introduces Kinescope Recording...June 1948 Press Release The Kinescope dominated TV recording for time delay…
60 Years Ago, Houston Fearless Introduced The Cradle Head
60 Years Ago, Houston Fearless Introduced The Cradle Head In March of 1954, this ad…
RCA Color Projection Television
RCA Color Projection Television In October of 1951, RCA demonstrated it's first color projection unit…