NBC Studio 8G Cameras In Action…1947
This video begins the television portion of this excellent look inside NBC’s 30 Rock studios. The cameras are the NBC built “ND-8G” Image Orthicons and are shooting a rehearsal of ‘Hour Glass’…one of NBC TV’s first shows that we’ll cover in detail in another post. For the whole backstory, go to this link.
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