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HIGHLIGHTS OF ONE OF THE FIRST TV PROGRAMS
RECORDED on "TELEVISION TAPE" IN LIVING COLOR Broadcast on NBC-TV October 17, 1958 |
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For a few moments, let's go back in time... It's a crisp fall evening, October 17, 1958...imagine you're an eight year old kid in Wichita, Kansas...Mom and Dad can't afford one of those expensive new color TV's yet, but your wealthy relatives just bought one. Family and friends have gathered around Uncle Warren's gorgeous new RCA color set to watch one of America's most beloved entertainers in his first NBC COLOR special! You didn't know it at the time, but this was the first color show pre-recorded on Television Tape at NBC's new state-of-the-art "Color City" studios in Burbank, California. This program became of the most acclaimed broadcasts of the season in addition to winning numerous Emmy awards. Shhhh, the station break is almost over and everyone stares in amazement at the gorgeous color picture on the screen....the show is about to begin!
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See excerpts of the oldest surviving black and white Video Tape - "The Edsel Show" - October, 1957 Visit my Color Television Home Page Learn more about the Color Television Revolution See videos of the original NBC peacocks and ABC and CBS color presentation logos See photos from my boyhood tour of KARD-TV in 1964 See photos of NBC Color City Studios in Burbank, California in 1955 See photos of my TK- 41 color television camera Take a tour of KSTP-TV in 1962 and see my TK-41 camera in service when it was new See an RCA 2" Color Television Tape Recorder See TK-40/41 photos along with video clips of TK-41's at work in TV studios See a video montage of an historic demonstration of the RCA compatible color system to the FCC See an excellent 1953 RCA brochure about the development of Color Television Watch the oldest surviving color videotape...the dedication of NBC's Washington, DC color studios in 1958 Watch An Evening With Fred Astaire the oldest surviving color videotape entertainment program (October 1958) Read the fascinating story of the restoration of "An Evening with Fred Astaire" Watch the oldest surviving videotape recording The Edsel Show - October 1957 Want to read more about early color television? Check out these links: Read NPR's coverage of color TV's 50th anniversary visit the late Ed Reitan's website - a very informative site about early color TV visit Bobby Ellerbee's fascinating and compreshensive television history website Eyes Of A Generation visit Chuck Pharis's site to see his collection of antique TV cameras and other early broadcast equipment visit Barry Mishkind's website to see the RCA Television Equipment Archive visit Steve Dichter's CT-100 website to see Steve's vintage color television page
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