Made In Germany
From around 1956, this is the Fernseh KKO 110, a five lens Image Orthicon monochrome camera. Sleek, handsome and practical in design. That I know of, only Fernseh had the quick change camera numbering system which was quite handy.
September 13, 1953…Marilyn Monroe’s First Television Appearance In the Comment section below, you’ll see the gift Jack Benny gave Marilyn for appearing on his show. She was reluctant and didn’t really want to do it because on live television, to many things could go wrong, but the “gift” helped, as did the studio executives who […]
An Exclusive From The Eddie Brinkmann Archives…Part 1 How’s this for a resume? To help you get to know more about Eddie’s amazing carrier, that covers Broadway and television, I thought we should start with is resume. The first page (left) and half covers a lot of big names in theater, but be sure and […]
Memory Lane And Coon Skin Caps About half way into this 6 minute clip, Annette takes us to Disney’s Studio 3 where the Mickey Mouse Club was shot and tells us about the ‘other’ big Disney show on ABC…’Disneyland’. Lots of Davy Crockett memories in the second half too. 1950s Source
A Real Artifact…’I Love Lucy’ Daytime Debut Date Revealed In Promo Script This is the CBS announce booth copy from Monday, December 29, 1958. Finally, we have the date that CBS added Lucy reruns to their morning roster…January 5, 1959. Until now, all we had was a year, but not a date. ‘The Lucy – […]
Look at the workmanship on the camera. It’s really beautiful.
Mmm? Made in Germany? Apart from the splendid British Vinten pan and tilt head….
The South African Broadcasting Corporation went from RCAs to Fensehs in the late 70’s, early 80’s. The engineers from that era speak of the Fenseh with reverence.
It has an Art Deco look to it.
Cool looking camera! Are there five lenses on the turret?