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Margo Precht Speciale, Producer, Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

Margo Precht Speciale, Producer, Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

  • August 8, 2026

Carrying the Ed Sullivan name means holding a piece of television history in my hands.…

Dr. Charles N. Davis, Dean of Henry W. Grady College of Journalism, University of Georgia

Dr. Charles N. Davis, Dean of Henry W. Grady College of Journalism, University of Georgia

  • August 8, 2026

Eyes Of A Generation is much, much more than the world’s greatest repository of television’s…

Ron Simon, Curator, The Paley Center for Media

Ron Simon, Curator, The Paley Center for Media

  • August 7, 2026

I remember talking to the late John Frankenheimer, one of television’s greatest directors of the…

Dr. James L. Baughman, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. James L. Baughman, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • August 6, 2026

A rich visual montage, reminding us how wonderfully cumbersome the first generations of television were. For…

Max A. Schindler – Emmy TV Legend

Max A. Schindler – Emmy TV Legend

  • August 6, 2026

I spent 46 years producing and directing news for NBC. I started in the “gee…

Jim Hergenrather, Historian, CBS Television City

Jim Hergenrather, Historian, CBS Television City

  • August 6, 2026

When it comes to the history of something that captured your imagination as a child,…

Mike Conway, Indiana University – Author “The Origins Of Television News In America”

Mike Conway, Indiana University – Author “The Origins Of Television News In America”

  • August 6, 2026

Bobby Ellerbee’s “Eyes of a Generation” project is one of the most important resources for…

Mike Clark, VP Sony Pictures Television (Ret.)

Mike Clark, VP Sony Pictures Television (Ret.)

  • August 5, 2026

My television career began in 1968 at WCNY in Syracuse, where I was still in…

Jon Olson, Technical Director, NBC Burbank (Ret.)

Jon Olson, Technical Director, NBC Burbank (Ret.)

  • August 5, 2026

Wow! What a lane of memories you’ve displayed on your website. I was with NBC…

Dicky Howett, Author, “Television Innovations – 50 Technological Developments”

Dicky Howett, Author, “Television Innovations – 50 Technological Developments”

  • August 5, 2026

As an author, and lifelong student of television history, I consider The Eyes Of A…

Jan Kasoff, Lead Cameraman, NBC New York (Ret.)

Jan Kasoff, Lead Cameraman, NBC New York (Ret.)

  • August 5, 2026

As a retired NBC network television cameraman, I just wanted to tell you how much…

Charles “Cappy” Cappleman, CBS Chief of West Coast BO&E

Charles “Cappy” Cappleman, CBS Chief of West Coast BO&E

  • August 5, 2026

In January 1954, I was hired at CBS Television City in Hollywood and worked there…

The Amazing Backstory of THE WORLD’S FIRST RCA COLOR CAMERAS

The Amazing Backstory of THE WORLD’S FIRST RCA COLOR CAMERAS

  • July 24, 2026

I would hope that if back in the 1970s, NBC knew what I am about…

The Amazingly Precise History of Color Television from Ed Reitan

The Amazingly Precise History of Color Television from Ed Reitan

  • May 31, 2026

Ed Reitan's Color Television History   KTLA's 1955 Colorcast of The Tournament of Roses Parade (clipping…

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

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

  • May 31, 2026

  Thanks to his daughter, we are proud to display a totally unique piece of…

THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JACK PAAR Camera Cards

THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JACK PAAR Camera Cards

  • February 15, 2024

That I know of, these are the only two remaining camera cards from the wonderful…

RCA – SARNOFF LIBRARY PHOTO ARCHIVES

RCA – SARNOFF LIBRARY PHOTO ARCHIVES

  • October 8, 2023

At the link below are hundreds of photos, research papers and even two videos (NBC's…

CBS FIELD SEQUENTIAL COLOR TEST…RARE IMAGES & INFO

CBS FIELD SEQUENTIAL COLOR TEST…RARE IMAGES & INFO

  • September 25, 2023

What does the Orson Wells classic radio drama "War Of The Worlds" have in common…

The ED SULLIVAN SHOW, The RCA TK41 SPECIAL USE…Part 7 (of 7)

The ED SULLIVAN SHOW, The RCA TK41 SPECIAL USE…Part 7 (of 7)

  • September 20, 2023

SPECIAL COLOR BONUS PAGE: Before October 31, 1965...the day CBS Studio 50 was color capable…

Rare: Mechanical Broadcast of TV’s First Drama, The Queen’s Messenger

Rare: Mechanical Broadcast of TV’s First Drama, The Queen’s Messenger

  • May 18, 2021

  This is part of the first ever dramatic television broadcast called "The Queen's Messenger"…

NBC/RCA First All Electronic Television Broadcast…July 7, 1936 + My Curated Video Tour

NBC/RCA First All Electronic Television Broadcast…July 7, 1936 + My Curated Video Tour

  • April 22, 2021

  The First All Electronic Television Broadcast by RCA & NBC, July 7, 1936 +…

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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

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  • July 21, 2026

The Amazingly Precise History of Color Television from Ed Reitan

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  • May 31, 2026

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

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HOW TELEVISION GRAPHICS CAME TO BE

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