America’s Camera Collections
My friend Richard Wirth recently published this article “Vintage Video Collections” that shines a light on the custodians of what’s left of the vintage television equipment, and where it is now. Enjoy!
‘Hollywood Palace’: History This is an excellent history of the show from TV.com. Enjoy! The Hollywood Palace was an hour-long variety show that ran on the ABC-TV network from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Instead of a permanent host, guest hosts were used. Bing Crosby, a frequent guest host, hosted the first and […]
A one-page article on the DuMont Electronicam and its use on Jackie Gleason’s classic program The Honeymooners. It combined television and film. .
President’s Day Special…First Live Presidential News Conference January 25, 1961, President Kennedy held the first ever live presidential news conference. It originated from the auditorium of the State Department and was carried live on both radio and television. It was the first of sixty three he would give. Prior to this, live radio broadcasts by […]
How The Ultra Rare 3M ’20 Years Of Video Tape’ Survived… A few days ago, I heard from Neil Gjere who told me a very interesting story and today, we get part one of the story in the form of the historic video in today’s first post and this…the backstory of how it is that […]