The location of the three studios was inside New York City’s Wanamaker’s Department Store. Here is the announcement in a few magnified parts and a couple of photos of the huge main studio it’s control room.
Thanks to Barry Mitchell, here’s some glimpses into how the future of television looked in January 1945. These excerpts from Mechanix Illustrated are interesting in several ways, not only for their photographic coverage of early television equipment and production techniques, and not only for their descriptions of early television equipment, but they are also a […]
Just For Fun…Charlie Chaplin Blooper And Outtake Reel Did you know that one of Chaplin’s first jobs for Max Sennett was as a Keystone Cop? I’ll have that story in today’s next post. Did you know that along with D W Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, that Chaplin was one of the founders of […]
1955: Up, Down and Sideways… in ’55, the Vinten Heron crane was developed for the BBC, which bought models for its London and regional studios. The biggest innovation in the crane was it’s ability to crab, thus allowing it to move freely in any directions, giving it the flexibility of a pedestal with increased height […]
November 2, 1959…The Game Show Scandal Breaks Wide Open It was on this day in 1959 that Charles Van Doren admitted before a congressional committee that he had indeed received the answers to the questions on “Twenty One”. Here is Herb Stempel discussing loosing to Charles Van Doren by missing the “Marty’ Question. For all […]
I saw some newsreel footage of the Wanamakers fire. Holy crackers!
I alway love history of DuMont; maker of the World’s heaviest television equipment. But I gotta say: that set creeps me out.
I believe famed sports director, Harry Coyle worked at Dumont after leaving the service and his bomber in 1945.
I’ve heard interviewees speak about this early studio on Emmy Legends Interviews.