The All Important “Wings”: Studios 33 and 31, TVC
The side stage wings of CBS Television City’s Studio 33 and 31 were great ideas that helped greatly in production. The designers wanted to create a theatrical feeling, but needed to accommodate cameras, so the wings were built into their design. Many times, when live set changes were occurring, the action would move to the wings for simple transition scenes. This was a dream job too!
December 1, 1975…’The Edge Of Night’ Moves From CBS To ABC This was the first serial in television history to switch networks. By the way, did you know the famous skyline in the opening is Cincinnati, Ohio as seen from Kentucky? April 2, 1956 was a big day at CBS, as two of the first […]
Reagan, Carter, Anderson This is election night, 1980 at ABC New York. The big camera is an Ikegami HK 312E with the big Triax box on it’s right side. The ENG camera may be an Ikegami 77, but I’m not sure. Do you know? Source
Ultra Rare! Introducing The RCA TKP 45 & TK 76 Prototype… The RCA TKP 45 was the first portable color camera without a backpack and debuted in 1974, two years before the TK 76 color ENG camera. At the 6:19 mark, you’ll see the TK 76 prototype that fortunately didn’t look anything at all like […]
Beatles 50th Sullivan Anniversary Count Down…17 Days The photo on the left was taken from the control room during the dress rehearsal for the February 9 live show. Most of the screaming girl footage was shot during this very long rehearsal and inserted via videotape into the live broadcast. Remember, The Beatles had already taped […]
Nope, the cameraman won’t fall off. There’s a ‘lip’ along the edge to prevent that. Here, it looks like it’s a good 8 inches high. Nowadays, the lip is shorter, but still effective.