Remember Nipper? In 1898, three years after Nipper’s death, Francis Barraud, his owner and brother of his first owner, painted a picture of Nipper listening intently to a wind-up Edison-Bell cylinder phonograph. On February 11, 1899, Francis filed an application for copyright of his painting “Dog Looking At and Listening to a Phonograph.” Thinking the […]
The BEST Television History Book I Have Ever Read! The book is, “The Origins Of Television News In America”, by our friend Mike Conway. In TV news lingo, “unpacking” is what a reporter does when he or she lays out the facts and timeline of their story. Although I have read the book twice, back-to-back, […]
Picture Parade #5…It’s A Wonderful “Snowy” Life This Frank Capra classic was shot from April 15 – July 27, 1946. The Bedford Falls Main Street sets were at the RKO Encino Ranch and for the Winter scenes, 3000 tons of shaved ice was for the snow pack on the ground. Films made prior to this […]
Classic! ABC Golf Promo…Circa 1968 Keep your eyes peeled here…there is a lot of interesting equipment passing by. We’ll see everything from RCA TK41a and TK60s to Norelcos, GE PE350s and the rare Ampex portable. There’s also some interesting tape and delay equipment here and I hope some of you can call that out. Not […]
Here’s an interview with KFO cameraman Bruce Bergquist with a lot of good inside info on the show and the Zoomar lens use. http://kukla.tv/bruce.html