The Grandfather Of ENG Cameras, 1950
Last week, we looked at RCA’s wireless version of this portable Vidicon camera that was used in the coverage of the 1952 political conventions. Here is a good article with pictures on the cabled version of the grandfather of ENG cameras.
http://www.myvintagetv.com/rca_videcon_camera.htm
The First CBS Color Trucks…Circa 1966 I’m not sure if our friend Dave Minott was involved in building this first CBS Labs Color truck, but he was there for all the rest. The cameras (with no cables attached) are newly delivered Norelco PC60s. This is quite interesting and I hope those of you that worked […]
CLASSIC: ‘Person To Person’ History Above, cameraman Norm Hannin (who looks a lot like David Brinkley) prepares his specially branded TK30 for a live interview at the home of Bobby and Ethyl Kennedy. Notice the cut out on the bottom of the viewfinder hood. Good idea. ‘Person to Person’ ran from 1953 to 1961 and […]
December 24,1951…Behind The Scenes Inside NBC Studio 8H 1st “Hallmark Hall Of Fame”…1st “Amahl And The Night Visitors” This story has two parts. Below the 3 photos of the RCA TK41s shooting this production at NBC Brooklyn, is an interesting first hand account from a TV magazine writer who was there, pointing out the production […]
TeleTales #48…Take A Minute To Look And Think About This This 1944 ad from RCA gives us a few highlights of television’s history and brings to mind a question that is often asked here…what did television do during World War II? Basically it shrank and took a back seat to the war effort, but it […]