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| In 1953, RCA published a brochure about its compatible color television system.
Download a pdf the 37 page brochure Thanks to Bob McGarrah for contributing the special brochure insert which explains the importance of compatibility of the RCA color system with existing black and white receivers. |
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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 Learn more about the Color Television Revolution 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 Download an excellent 1954 RCA brochure about the development of Color Television (pdf file size 10mb) See a video of one of NBC's FIRST shows recorded on videotape in "Living Color" in 1958 See excerpts of the oldest surviving black and white Video Tape - "The Edsel Show" - October 1957 The free Quicktime 6 (or later) Player must be installed on your computer to view videos Want to read more about early color television? Check out these links: Read NPR's coverage of color TV's 50th anniversary visit Ed Reitan's website - a very informative site about early color TV 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 |
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