To me, the best examples of the great pictures the TK41 made are captured on The Andy Williams Christmas Specials on NBC. This is my second favorite clip of their great color. Wait till you see my favorite which is up next! Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
August 13, 1950: Hayloft Hoedown Brand new in March of 1950, here’s real ingenuity at work at WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky. These Dumont 124s are shooting a Saturday night country music show and to get the great high shots without a crane, rolling scaffolding is pretty good alternative. Thanks to Craig Harper for the photo. […]
Remembering Ray Dolby His first job was at Ampex working on video tape recording. From there, the rest is history. He was a true pioneer in audio and will be missed. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ray Dolby, an American inventor and audio pioneer who founded Dolby Laboratories, has died at the age of 80. The […]
On The Road To The Final Four…CBS Sports, 1985 Here’s a short but sweet look at how CBS covered NCAA basketball back in 1985. This was the era of the Thomson cameras on the sports trucks and we’ll get a good look at everything. About half way in, one of the cameramen talks about his […]
An Expensive Hobby Restoring early videotape machines to working order is not small feat, but John Turner does it. Here’s a demonstration of how his RCA TK60 quad machine works. What Labguy did on his spring break series, first video. John Turner demonstrates the 1969 RCA TR-60 quadruplex broadcast video tape recorder that he has […]
I was a child when these specials aired and watched them with my parents. Even at that young age, I was captivated by the sets, the movement, the music and the artistry. Still love watching these.
All RCA color cameras, right up thru the TK47, had beautiful colorimetry and matrixing, especially compared to the Marconis and Ikegami’s of the same era. Too bad they were so high maintenance.
Great restoration on these shows. From the look, I would guess late TK41 technology. Any idea as to the date of this clip?
Wow! It almost look “fake”, in a positive way 🙂
Interesting to see the blooper with the title card there at 2:50. By the 60’s, the show had to be on tape by then and you’d think they’d have done a pickup.