"Rowan & Martin's Laugh In"...Three Backstories Rolled Into One (1) Fun (2) Editing on film…
Tag: Technology
How Football’s Magic Yellow Line Technology Works…Two Videos
How Football's Magic Yellow Line Technology Works...Two Videos Here are two videos to lay out…
November 30, 1956…A Videotape Milestone
November 30, 1956...A Videotape Milestone On this day in 1956, at Television City, CBS made…
Introducing The RCA TK30: Television’s First Workhorse Camera
Introducing The RCA TK30: Television's First Workhorse Camera This is the entire edition of RCA’s…
Gray Research Telop Machine, Television’s First Optical Projection System
Thanks to Val Ginter in NYC, here is a rare copy of the 1953 Gray…
October 23, 1956…Videotape Debut Network TV: Setting The Record Straight
October 23, 1956...Videotape Debut Network TV: Setting The Record Straight Most people think the November…
October 13, 1957…A Red Letter Day For Videotape & TV History
October 13, 1957...A Red Letter Day For Videotape & TV History The first 4.5 minutes…
September 26, 1960…America’s First Televised Presidential Debate
September 26, 1960...America's First Televised Presidential Debate Tonight is the big night for us in…
September 19, 1952…This Was The News Of The Day On NBC
September 19, 1952...This Was The News Of The Day On NBC Here is a time…
September 13, 1947…The RCA Kinescope Machine Debuts
September 13, 1947...The RCA Kinescope Machine Debuts In association with Dumont, Kodak and RCA announced…
September 9, 1926…RCA Creates NBC: A History Lesson
September 9, 1926...RCA Creates NBC: A History Lesson In the beginning, there was David Sarnoff.…
September 4, 1951…America’s First Coast To Coast TV Broadcast
September 4, 1951...America's First Coast To Coast TV Broadcast 65 years ago today, the first…
August 19, 1906…The Father Of Electronic Television Was Born
August 19, 1906...The Father Of Electronic Television Was Born 110 years ago today, Philo Taylor…
STOP THE PRESSES! WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? A UNICORN?
STOP THE PRESSES! WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? A UNICORN? Now THIS, is INTERESTING! Behind…
August 9, 1936…Jesse Owens Won His 4th Gold Medal In Berlin
August 9, 1936...Jesse Owens Won His 4th Gold Medal In Berlin The first live television…
THE SECRET BACKSTORY OF THE RCA TK 44
Chapter One: by Bobby Ellerbee Over a period of months in 2009, I spoke…
July 25, 1959…Nixon-Khrushchev “Kitchen Debate” Tape Airs In US
July 25, 1959...Nixon-Khrushchev "KItchen Debate" Tape Airs In US https://youtu.be/lN9ENvzSPfw?si=AFlinEpi12TGFlDd The Kitchen Debate was a…
WKY-TV: First In Local Live Color
In this piece, you'll see television history in the making that starts in 1949 and…
June 8, 1938…The New RCA Orthicon Camera Debuts
This was a step up from the Iconoscope in it's light sensitivity, but it was…
May 7, 1949…The First 45 RPM Record Hits The Billboard Charts
May 7, 1949...The First 45 RPM Record Hits The Billboard Charts The song was "You're…
May 3, 1948…CBS Debuts TV’s First, Live, Nightly Network News
May 3, 1948...CBS Debuts TV's First, Live, Nightly Network News On this day in 1948,…