'The Good Ship Hope': NBC September 7, 1962 Here is the Operations map of this…
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The Little Theater: 240 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan
The Little Theater: 240 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan Now known as The Helen…
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August 6, 1960: ‘The Twist’ Debuts & How Chubby Got His Name!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbK0C9AYMd8&ab_channel=GNRSlashLover The clip kicks off with Dick Clark introducing Chubby Checker in front of a…
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The Famous, ABC Made, Hand Held Camera, In Action!
The Famous, ABC Made, Hand Held Camera, In Action! At the very front of this…
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Look Sharp…Feel Sharp…Be Sharp!
Look Sharp...Feel Sharp...Be Sharp! That was the Gillette Razor ad copy and I still remember…
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Flying By The Seat Of Her Pants…Almost
Flying By The Seat Of Her Pants...Almost Before mounting the Chapman Electra stage crane for…
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Flying By The Seat Of His Pants…But Just Barely
Flying By The Seat Of His Pants...But Just Barely Marconi Mark II cameras capture the…
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The First Hand Held Broadcast Camera
The First Hand Held Broadcast Camera This is the RCA 'Walkie Lookie' miniature wireless Vidicon…
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The First Ikegami Studio Camera
Mystery Solved #1 The First Ikegami Studio Camera Without a doubt, this is the first…
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Mystery Solved…First Pedestals Were Electric!
Mystery Solved #2 I had thought the old pedestals used with the Iconoscope cameras in…
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Ampex Training Tape: VR 2000
Ampex Training Tape: VR 2000 In a super rare set of tapes from Ampex, here…
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Ah Ha!Ever wonder how they get those great underwater shots
Ah Ha! Ever wonder how they get those great underwater shots in swimming events? This…
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The EMI 203
The EMI 203 This handsome camera debuted in 1960 with a 4 1/2 inch Image…
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Time For Beany! April 1950
Time For Beany! April 1950 Above is a photo from April of 1950 at KTLA.…
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‘Westinghouse Studio One’, The Scarlet Letter: April 1950
'Westinghouse Studio One', The Scarlet Letter: April 1950 In 1948, 'Westinghouse Studio One' made a…
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Gone, But Not Forgotten…The Orange Bowl Parade
Gone, But Not Forgotten...The Orange Bowl Parade Tomorrow, one of the nations oldest bowl games…
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We’ll Miss Dick Clark Tonight!
We'll Miss Dick Clark Tonight! The photo is from New Year's Eve 1988, and the…
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KOTV: Tulsa, Oklahoma
KOTV: Tulsa, Oklahoma KOTV signed on in October of 1949 and became the nation's 90th…
