I get queeze just looking at this, and we only see about half of what looks to be about a 40-foot platform without a rope or rail in site. This is CBC cameraman in Halifax, Nova Scotia covering the 1959 royal visit from Queen Elizabeth. Enjoy and share, but don’t tell OSHA. -Bobby Ellerbee
‘The Patsy’…Marconi Mark VIs and RCA TK60s In Action, Exclusive From the 1964 Jerry Lewis, Paramount release, ‘The Patsy’, here is an edited clip you can only see here. This gives us a good look at two classic cameras in action. The Marconi Mark IV cameras in the first part are owned by KTLA which […]
‘The Price Is Right’: NBC’s Colonial Theater, January 1, 1962 By chance, both the photo and video (above) are from the same day. Although ‘The Price Is Right’ became Goodson-Todman’s first regularly aired game show to be broadcast in color on September 23, 1957, no color kinescopes or videotapes are known to exist. As Bill […]
December 14, 1957…Hanna-Barbera And “Ruff & Ready” Debut This is the very first episode of ‘Ruff & Ready’. It aired on NBC December 14, 1957 and was the first cartoon ever produced by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera’s new company. Ruff (the cat) was voiced by Don Messick, and Reddy was voiced by Daws Butler. […]
Someone’s In The Kitchen With Lucy! Ethyl and Lucy rehearse for a scene in the kitchen. In front of the sound boom, Director of Photography Karl Freund is making adjustments with the crew. The show goes before the motion picture cameras in much the same way it would as a live show in a television […]