{"id":21808,"date":"2016-06-29T03:35:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T07:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/?p=21808"},"modified":"2021-02-23T11:12:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:12:25","slug":"the-first-robotic-overhead-camera-nbcs-home-show-now-this-is-big-so-bi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=21808","title":{"rendered":"The First Robotic Overhead Camera&#8230;NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Home&#8221; Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The First Robotic Overhead Camera&#8230;NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Home&#8221; Show<\/p>\n<p>Now, this is BIG! So, big you can hardly see the RCA TK11 mounted in this massive contraption. By comparison, this dwarfs a studio crane boom arm, that may have served the same purpose.<\/p>\n<p>The video here is shot from overhead camera and WOW&#8230;<strong>wait till you see the 3 camera ballet with RCA TK11s on the studio floor!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1956 - NBC &quot;Home&quot; Show - Complete TV Theme Song RARE RETRO\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lOdou5I_IzI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Home&#8221; (1954-1957) was broadcast from NBC&#8217;s 67th Street Studios at 101 W. 67th, which was being leased from WOR. This facility was built in 1949 as WOR&#8217;s 9 Television Square building, but mergers called for their studios to move to the Empire State Bldg in early &#8217;54.<\/p>\n<p>NBC was looking for a home for &#8220;Home&#8221; and this place had the space for an innovative state in the round, with the kind of informal staging that &#8220;Today&#8221; enjoyed. -Bobby Ellerbee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/photos\/a.197108410326716.39183.189359747768249\/1034113496626199\/?type=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-First-Robotic-Overhead-Camera...NBCs-Home-Show-Now-this-is-BIG-So-bi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/posts\/1034113496626199\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The First Robotic Overhead Camera&#8230;NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Home&#8221; Show Now, this is BIG! 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