And you thought 3-D television was a new thing. Ha!

And you thought 3-D television was a new thing. Ha!

Guess What Else Was Happening 50 Years Ago Today… The Winter Olympics From Innsbruck, Austria The 1964 Winter Games marked the beginning of the ABC era of Olympic broadcasting, encouraged by the man who would pioneer the coverage of sports on television, Roone Arledge. ABC paid $597,000 for the broadcast rights, which produced 17.5 hours […]
The First Hand Held Broadcast Camera This is the RCA ‘Walkie Lookie’ miniature wireless Vidicon camera designed for coverage of the 1952 Political Conventions. With so much attention to the Ikegami ‘Handy Lookie’ in the posts below, I just wanted to remind you who was actually first with this technology. RCA and the USA! Source
‘All In The Family’ Weekly Run Down… Here’s a great television artifact from of of it’s biggest shows. As you can see, the show taped on Tuesday nights, which I think stayed constant at both Television City and Metromedia. Enjoy and share! Source
Jeopardy! : A Fred Westbrook Photo This is another shot of the show from NBC Studio 6A. The show’s host, Art Fleming has his back to us at one of the producers does a pre show warm up with the audience. This was quite likely a three or four camera show, no matter where it […]