October 31, 1965...'The Ed Sullivan Show' Goes Color https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRH5lbbACSs&ab_channel=TheEdSullivanShow Although I can't locate a clip…
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October 31, 1953…NBC’s First Network Colorcast: “Carmen”
October 31, 1953...NBC's First Network Colorcast: "Carmen" In essence, the opera "Carmen" was broadcast nationally…
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Tribute 1 To The RCA TK41…The True Blacks And Mood
I think this is my all time favorite TK41 color shot. My like for this…
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Tribute 2 To The RCA TK41…The Color And Warmth
To me, the best examples of the great pictures the TK41 made are captured on…
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Halloween Special #3…Universal’s Master Of Makeup, Jack Pierce
Halloween Special #3...Universal's Master Of Makeup, Jack Pierce We said a brief hello to Jack…
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The GE PE 20…A Witness To History In Dallas
The GE PE 20...A Witness To History In Dallas The Broadcast Engineering ad here is…
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October 30, 1931…NBC Begins Work On Empire State Tower
October 30, 1931...NBC Begins Work On Empire State Tower On this day in 1931, NBC…
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Halloween Special #1…Rare Frankenstein Color Footage
Halloween Special #1...Rare Frankenstein Color Footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3f-zm2jyFo&ab_channel=historycomestolife This is a short color home movie clip…
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Putting A Face To A Famous Voice, Again…Meet Apple’s Siri
Putting A Face To A Famous Voice, Again...Meet Apple's Siri Long before there was an…
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Putting A Face To A Famous Voice…The Telephone Company Lady
Putting A Face To A Famous Voice...The Telephone Company Lady Long before all the new…
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October 29, 1956…’The Huntley Brinkley Report’ Debuts On NBC
October 29, 1956...'The Huntley Brinkley Report' Debuts On NBC First, a note on the video…
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The First Ever Barbie Commercial
Speaking Of Toys...Here Is The First Ever Barbie Commercial This is reported to have aired…
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October 28, 1950…’The Jack Benny Show’ Debuts On CBS
October 28, 1950...'The Jack Benny Show' Debuts On CBS The video here is a kinescope…
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The Sounds of Monitor
Incase You Missed It...Fantastic NBC 'Monitor' Site! The page linked here is just great, but…
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Just For Fun…A 1951 Christmas Card Gag
Just For Fun...A 1951 Christmas Card Gag With all the ABC mentions today and the…
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And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor…
And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor... Thanks to Sly Rose, here's an interesting introduction…
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October 27, 1954…’Disneyland’ Debuts On ABC
October 27, 1954...'Disneyland' Debuts On ABC The video included here is the first segment of…
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A Follow Up….The First Teleprompters
A Follow Up....The First Teleprompters Today's earlier post on the Jess Oppenheimer through-the-lens prompter took…
