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This is a :43 second time lapse video of 2 cameras shooting a college basketball game between Western Kentucky University and Florida International University. Notice one of the cameras has a program monitor attached. Good idea. [fb_vid id=”10151275273449149″]Tonight’s time lapse from the beautiful US Century Bank Arena on Florida International University’s campus as WKU Athletics men’s basketball team take on the Panthers.
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 […]
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 […]
TeleTales #100…When Your’e Hot, Your’e Hot! Television City Here’s an RCA TK11 in cool down mode, on a “Playhouse 90” set at CBS Television City. As opposed to cameras at local stations, network cameras get a real work out. They are on for hours on end blocking shots and rehearsing. This one is mounted on […]
June 8, 1939…The First Orthicon Camera On this day in 1938, two experimental RCA Orthicon cameras were put into service along side two RCA Iconoscope cameras at Ebbets field for a daytime game between the Dodgers and the Reds. This was televisions first ever broadcast of a major league baseball game and was only a […]
damn that was fast, who won?