RCA TK60s In Action…WRVA, Richmond Virginia 1965
This kids show with WRVA cameraman “Sailor Bob” Griggs as host, was built around Popeye cartoons and ran locally from 1959 till 1969. Thanks to Bob’s son, Tom Griggs for sharing this. I think this was shot on film by one of the stations news cameramen.
[evp_embed_video url=”http://CDN.eyesofageneration.com/Content/Viewseum/TK60sailorbob.mp4″ preload=”none” template=”mediaelement”]
Television’s First News Man…Lowell Thomas Although Lowell Thomas’s news programs were heard and seen on NBC radio and television, Thomas did not actually work for NBC…he worked for Sunoco, the sponsor of his shows. Details on television’s first news program are few, and far between, but as best I can tell, Thomas hosted the first-ever […]
Marilyn Monroe….’Person To Person’ April 8, 1955 http://youtu.be/L05TYBXwU3A?t=4m12s At the clip above, we start with photographer Milton Green walking through the living room we see in the photos. While he’s walking toward the kitchen where Marilyn is waiting, he is talking live with Edward R. Murrow via the new Shur “Vagabond” wireless microphone. The Vagabond […]
May 12, 1963…Bob Dylan, Ed Sullivan & The Koch Brothers? Yep! After seeing this photo, many swear they remember seeing Bob Dylan on the Sullivan show, but it never happened…it almost did though. In May of 1963, Bob Dylan was still an aspiring young musician who was preparing for the release of his second album […]
Behind The Scenes…The CBS News Studios This is a great clip that takes us inside both the CBS Morning and CBS Evening news studios. The big production studios, 41- 45, are in another part of the building, but the news studios 47 and 57 are close to the front entrance and lobby. I was here […]
That was the first real camera I ever operated….old ABC cams donated to the college I went to. Whoever shot this film used a nice mount that allowed some smooth trucks here and there.
We had them at fau in the 70s. I have some pix that I need to scan in