Our New Camera Collecting Friend In Germany…Liam O’Hainnin
We met just this morning and Liam has some very nice Fernseh cameras, including the very camera that shot President Kennedy’s famous speech in Berlin. Donka Shane Liam! Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-L7uw8YodI
This is a report on Liam O’Hainnin, an Irish man with a passion for vintage radios and TV cameras! He’s been collecting old broadcasting gear since his 20’s …
John Vassos: Transparent Television Yesterday, I posted a story on industrial design pioneer John Vassos and his influence on the RCA Television cameras. Today, I thought I’d show you the plexiglass TRK 12 receiver he built for the 1939 World’s Fair. Vassos helped design the RCA building there, and all of the display areas. Source
‘Truth Or Consequences’: A Fred Westbrook Photo Did you know this was the first game show ever to air on television? It’s true! ‘Truth or Consequences’ aired as a one-time experiment on the first day of New York station WNBT’s commercial program schedule on July 1, 1941. It was hosted by Ralph Edwards who created […]
‘Hollywood Palace’: History This is an excellent history of the show from TV.com. Enjoy! The Hollywood Palace was an hour-long variety show that ran on the ABC-TV network from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Instead of a permanent host, guest hosts were used. Bing Crosby, a frequent guest host, hosted the first and […]
September 4, 1951…America’s First Coast To Coast TV Broadcast 63 years ago yesterday, the first live television signals were transmitted from San Francisco to the east coast. On that day in 1951, President Harry S. Truman’s opening speech before the Japanese Peace Conference was broadcast across the nation, marking the first time a television program […]
…fascinating insight to this collector of vintage broadcast equipment ! ..I saw a BOSCH BTS camera, cameras previously at KENS in San Antonio ..thanks for posting this one, Bobby E. ! !
He’s not the only one who collects cameras, is it? 😉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGXZQsYrk4o
Road trip, Bobby?