ABC's conversations about getting serious in late night programming began in the fall of 1966.…
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“Battle Over Television” – Mechanix Illustrated, 1945
Thanks to Barry Mitchell, here's some glimpses into how the future of television looked…
THE HOUSE THAT ROONE BUILT
Modern sports television began in Athens, Georgia on September 18, 1965 when the University of…
RCA – SARNOFF LIBRARY PHOTO ARCHIVES
At the link below are hundreds of photos, research papers and even two videos (NBC's…
The ED SULLIVAN SHOW, The MARCONI MARK VII ERA…Part 6 (of 7)
The Marconi Mark VII Era: In the summer of 1967, the Marconi Mark VII color…
The ED SULLIVAN SHOW, The RCA TK41 SPECIAL USE…Part 7 (of 7)
SPECIAL COLOR BONUS PAGE: Before October 31, 1965...the day CBS Studio 50 was color capable…
RCA’S FIRST ICONOSCOPE CAMERAS & THE PROTOTYPE
We will see three different Iconoscope cameras here...the first three all electronic cameras made by…
Shooting Live TV Shows On Film By Karl Freund; “I Love Lucy” Director of Photography
Below this 1953 SMPTE article written by Karl Freund is a copy of his biography…
RCA Television Tape Equipment & Prices, 1966
A trip down memory lane when 4 heads were better than one, and quad editing…
The First 50 Years of Broadcasting
Going back to 1931, the names Farnsworth and Zworykin ring out as the editors of …
NBC Tour Book: 1939 World’s Fair…America’s View of Television
The first big push to bring television to the public's attention was mounted by RCA…
The Birth Of The Camera Mounted Electronic Viewfinder
With all of RCA's incredible advances and discoveries in television, you would have thought that…
AMAZING CBS COLOR STUDIO 72 NYC…COLOR FILM TOUR
Here is a newly discovered piece of color television history about one of the least…
A Production Primer By Television’s First Cameraman
In a photo taken in NBC's historic Studio 3H, we see Albert Protzman, the…
Philips Norelco PC70 Catalog
From the early 1970s, here a copy the 31 page Norelco PC 70 catalog. This…
CBS Broadcast Center…1964 Introduction Book
This 60 page book was presented at the 1964 NAB Convention to introduce the new…
Did You Know Pat Weaver Saved “Meet The Press” On His First Day At NBC?
On October 5, 1945, "Meet the Press" debuted on The Mutual Radio Network, hosted…
March 22, 1929…RCA Begins First Nightly Experimental Broadcasts
With the recent receipt of new images and data, this story has been revised and…
A Huge Show Few Remember Gave Us The First Use Of Live Chromakey
NBC's "Matinee Theater"...October 31, 1955 - June 27, 1958 This morning, I sat down to…
Universal Studios…4 Stages Torn Down And 10 More To Go
Universal Studios...4 Stages Torn Down And 10 More To Go Recently Stages 22, 23, 24…
March 7, 1955…Behind The Scenes Of NBC’s “Peter Pan” Debut …
March 7, 1955...Behind The Scenes Of NBC's "Peter Pan" Debut A full course on "flying",…