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 sure of the date, but given the cameras, I think this is from the late ’60s. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee[fb_vid id=”762899533747598″]
Director Joseph Cates…The Man Who Introduced Ralph To Norton A year or so back, I was fortunate meet actor Kevin Kline, and of all things, we talked mostly about television history…and you will not believe his connection to a True Pioneer! In case you had forgotten, Kevin is married to actress Phoebe Cates, whose father […]
Ellerbee Camera Collection Video Tour For those of you that have never seen this, here it is again. I shot this a couple of years back with a small 35mm photo camera and it shows all of the 16 cameras I have on display here in my home. At the time, I had about 25 […]
This is part of the original 26 minute RCA presentation from 1956 that pitches color to the public. The full length version is linked below, but this it the good part if you (like me) love TK41s. It is such a rare occasion to see the great giants in action, that I thought it would […]
TeleTales #90…The Real Beauty Of The RCA TK30 Notice the lighting in this 1948 photo from WDAF in Kansas City. When the TK30, the first Image Orthicon camera debuted in 1946, it brought with it several new advantages. One of which was the ability to shoot with 10X less light than the Iconoscope cameras. With […]
Some of this is from Pebble Beach, but I think the GE camera shots may be from Houston.
Nice! 😀
Thanks for the memories. I remember setting up and doing Parab audio then years later doing video replays on several golf remotes with the late Chuck Howard producing.
Ampex 100 slo mo that recorded 30 secs. Now we have EVS that has hard drives that records 4 angles for 30 hours.
You could not pay me enough to work that camera platform suspended under the crane. Well, maybe… Ahhh, Nope!
Reminds me of a time I shot an ABC golf promo in the 80’s with a golfer who will remain nameless. We were at Bay Hill south of Orlando, and the golfer’s lines kept getting polluted by airplanes taking off from nearby MCO. Finally in frustration he throws a ball down, takes a vicious slap at it with a 7-iron….
…and 170 yards later: hole in one.
I wasn’t rolling.
I asked him how many holes-in-one he had shot. He said “Six, but this one doesn’t count.”
The ball had been hit six inches in front of the tee marker.
Interesting day!
I think one of the trucks was one of my gfx trucks from when I was doing college football
That’s Harbourtown Golf Links – Sea Pines Resort in Hilton Head Island, SC!
It looks like it is Pebble Beach .. during the Crosby Clam Bake.
This aired on a Friday.
Where’s the blimp?