TV History: October 5, 1947
Below, a single RCA TK30 pool camera is shown bringing President Harry Truman to the nation in the first ever television broadcast live from the White House. The first President to appear on TV was Franklin Roosevelt who spoke at the opening session of the New York World’s Fair on April 30, 1939.
‘The Pontiac Star Parade’ 1959 Here’s Gene Kelly in the dress rehearsal at NBC Burbank. Below you can see a clip from the show that gives you a good look at one of the huge studios and some pretty fancy crane camera work at the start. The cameras were RCA TK41s. Source
This is one of only a handful of shows that was eventually carried on every network over its 24 years on TV…Dumont, NBC, CBS and ABC. Ted Mack was born in Greeley, CO and named Edward McGuiness. When he became a band leader and his name would not fit on a theater marque, the theater […]
Rare Photos Of The Television Coverage…June 4, 1968 Final Rare Photos Of The Television Coverage…June 4, 1968 Thanks for all the descriptive comments on the first two sets of photos. Hopefully these will answer some questions raised there, and thanks to Martin Perry for finding these Los Angeles Fire Department photos. More detail on the […]
KTLA Mobile Units 1956 In the first 3 or 4 minutes, we get to see the KTLA mobile units set up their TK30s and film cameras to cover the opening of the Capitol Records Tower. After that, there is tour of the new digs, that takes in all but the recording studios. Thanks to David […]
The first person who would later become President was Secretary Herbert Hoover, when he participated in AT&T’s long distance TV experiment from DC to NYC April 1927.