This is the six lens EMI Emitron camera from 1951. That I know of, no other camera had a six lens turret. There were a couple of five lens turrets over the years, but I think this is the only six shooter. This is a monochrome studio camera used by the BBC. Enjoy and share. -Bobby Ellerbee
Here you’ll see everything from the TK60s and 41s to lenses, pedestals, heads, cranes, lights, control room and telecine gear and more…it’s the whole magilla. In case you have never visited David Gleason’s American Radio History site, you should! He has almost every broadcast publication ever printed and it’s all readable and searchable. A fantastic […]
The Devil Made Him Do It! Must See History… A few months before this video, Johnny Carson asked Redd Fox who the funniest new comic around was. Redd’s answer was Flip Wilson. On September 30, 1965 Flip made his first of many Tonight Show appearances. At the end this 2:00 clip, it takes Johnny :40 […]
Happy Birthday WQED TV…Born April 1, 1954 WQED was the first community-sponsored television station in the United States as well as the fifth public television station. They were the first station to telecast classes to elementary school classrooms when Pittsburgh launched the Metropolitan School Service in 1955. WQED has been the flagship station for ‘Mister […]
Welcome To ‘Beautiful Downtown Burbank’ This is the start of ‘The Tonight Show’ in Studio 1 in Burbank. The move from New York was in May of 1972 and reruns filled the gap. I think this photo is from the week prior to air as the cast and crew began a few days of rehearsal […]