This short article in Popular Science is about the early home video tape offerings. It's…
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The History Of The Moving Image
From the Thraumatrope to the Video Walkman, the milestones are all here, in a brilliant…
The Dawn Of Tape
An in-depth look at the development of videotape as we know it. This 24 page…
NBC’s Chimes History, 1950-1978
From NBC's internal files, here are documents on NBC's iconic signature sound as it has…
“Radio Age,” 1948-1950
A 290 page collection of RCA's in-house journal of advances in mass communication technology from…
GE Television Broadcasting Equipment, 1944
General Electric looks to the postwar years in this 1944 catalog. [pdf-embedder url="https://staging.eyesofageneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/GE-Television-Broadcast-Equipment-1944-LIB-pd.pdf"]
NBC Facilities Rate Book, 1959
Want to do a program at one of NBC's facilities? Here's how much it would…
1953: Televising Today’s News
Behind the scenes of John Cameron Swayze's "Camel News Caravan." [pdf-embedder url="https://staging.eyesofageneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/NBC-News-Swayze-Article-Jan-1953.pdf"]
NBC’s History of Color TV
NBC looks at the development of color television in this document. [pdf-embedder url="https://staging.eyesofageneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/NBC-History-of-Color-TV.pdf"]
NBC’s Radio City West, 1938
A selection of articles about the opening of NBC's first purpose-built Hollywood facility, which it…
1955: NBC “Color City” On The Air Tonight
The New York Times alerts readers to the first telecast from NBC's Burbank facility. [pdf-embedder…
Expansion At NBC Burbank
An NBC press release heralds a new studio at NBC's Burbank facility, December 1983. [pdf-embedder…
1953: “This Is Color TV”
TV Guide takes a look at progress in color television technology, and on the last…
Behind The Scenes With Eddie Brinkmann
Ed Sullivan stage manager Eddie Brinkmann gives a glimpse of what you didn't see on…
CBS Color Tests, 1951
A glimpse behind the scenes of the on-air tests of CBS's mechanical color system. [pdf-embedder…
CBS Television, November 1955
A special look at CBS Television in 1955. [pdf-embedder url="https://staging.eyesofageneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CBS-Television-East-_-West-November-1955-LIB-bk.pdf"]
Don Pardo Special Biography
A special tribute to Don Pardo's 70-year career as the voice of countless programs. [pdf-embedder…
GE Broadcast Equipment Catalog, 1951
Here's a catalog for GE's 1951 offerings. [pdf-embedder url="https://staging.eyesofageneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/GE-Broadcast-Equipment-Catalog-Cameras-_-Dollies-1951-LIB-bk.pdf"]