Picture Parade 2…Who Wants One Of These For Christmas?
This is a beautifully restored sound truck from Warner Brothers. In the 1930s and 40s, it was garaged at what would later become the NBC Brooklyn Studios. Back then, Warner owned the property which they had bought from Vitograph. NBC bought it in 1953. Enjoy! -Bobby Ellerbee
First Ever Televised Academy Awards…March 19, 1953 The 25th Academy Awards ceremony was not only live on television for the first time, it was live from Los Angeles and New York for the first time too! In the west, Bob Hope hosted from the RKO Pantages Theater in Hollywood, and Frerdric March hosted in the […]
FANTASTIC! Behind The Scenes…ABC Sports, October 4, 1975 With college football back in the air, it’s time to replay this best ever look at how 60 men brought 30 million viewers these great games every Saturday. “Second’s To Play” is presented here in two 15 minute segments. This is the most extensive look you’ll ever […]
Picture Parade 2…Guys And Dolls In Television At WBKB, Chicago These pictures were taken during WW II and show how women stepped into jobs of all kinds across the country. Some here were engineers while others worked cameras and control room equipment. The cameras were made before the war at WBKB, as was the dolly […]
October 25, 1956…NBC’s “Camel New Caravan” Ends From February 16, 1949 until October 25, 1956, John Cameron Swayze hosted the 15 minute, week night NBC network news broadcast. The show was done from Studio C in the NBC Uptown Studios building on 106th Street, near Park Avenue. In this photo from 1949, notice a few […]
I do!
I want the truck as originally outfitted, with its original sound equipment restored inside. Guessing optical film and disc recording equipment plus mixer, microphones etc.
I’d be happy with just a replica. That’s beautiful!
Yes please, can you gift wrap and send to NZ……:-)
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