- Title: VM-141
- Summary: TELEVISION: A FILM SHORT ABOUT HOW TELEVISION WORKS. DESCRIBES IN DETAIL THE BROADCAST OF AN ORCHESTRA PERFORMING ON A TV SHOW. BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF TV PRODUCTION. AMERICA'S FIRST LOOK AT TELEVISION AT THE 1939 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR.
- Description:00:50:03 - EARLY TELEVISION SCREEN 00:50:18 - PROUD OWNER OF NEW TELEVISION SHOWS IT OFF TO FRIENDS. CU TV. 00:50:33 - LABORATORY WHERE EARLY TELEVISION EQUIPMENT WAS DEVELOPED. CU TELEVISION TUBE. 00:50:48 - ICONOSCOPE TUBE MOUNTED BEHIND LENS IN CRUDE LABORATORY CAMERA. EXPERIMENTAL CHART. 00:50:58 - SAME REFLECTED ON METAL PLATE IN TUBE. LABORATORY RECEIVER/KINESCOPE 00:51:08 - TECHNICIAN MOUNTS TUBE INTO RECEIVER, TURNS IT ON. 00:51:18 - EARLY TELEVISION LABORATORY. 00:51:28 - THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. TELEVISION TRANSMITTER ANTENNA. ON TOP OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. 00:51:38 - EARLY TELEVISION TECHNICIANS. 00:51:48 - TOP OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. VIEW FROM SAME OF NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA. 00:52:18 - MOBILE TELEVISION UNITS LEAVING STUDIO. BUS-LIKE VEHICLES. 00:52:28 - TELEVISION STUDIO BUSES DRIVE THROUGH NEW YORK CITY. 00:52:38 - SAME PULL UP TO RACE TRACK. 00:52:48 - MEN OPEN DOORS OF RCA MOBILE TELEVISION UNITS 00:52:58 - MAN UNROLLS REELS OF COAXIAL CABLE. ENGINEER RAISES ANTENNA ON TOP OF TRUCK. 00:53:08 - CAMERAMEN MOUNT PORTABLE ICONOSCOPE CAMERA ONTO TRIPOD. TECHNICIANS INSIDE MOBILE UNIT CHECK EQUIPMENT. 00:53:18 - RAISING COAXIAL CABLE TO TOP OF STAND. CAMERAMAN TESTS EARLY TELEVISION CAMERA. 00:53:28 - TELEVISION TECHNICIANS/ENGINEERS. CAMERAMEN TRAIN TV CAMERAS AT HORSES AT STARTING GATE. HORSE RACE. 00:53:38 - EARLY TELEVISION SCREEN AS PEOPLE WATCH CAMERAMEN, HORSES ARE OFF. 00:53:48 - HORSES RACING ON EARLY TV SCREEN. CAMERAMEN, ENGINEERS. 00:54:08 - EARLY TELEVISION STUDIO IN RADIO CITY. 00:54:18 - PREPARING TO TELEVISE AN ORCHESTRAL PROGRAM IN STUDIO. 00:54:28 - CAMERAMAN MAKES ADJUSTMENTS ON ICONOSCOPE CAMERA, CLOSES IT. 00:54:38 - CU CAMERA'S LENSES. CU CHANGING FOCUS BY TWISTING HANDLE OF CAMERA. 00:54:53 - SETTING UP LIGHTS IN EARLY TV STUDIO. TECHNICIAN ADJUSTING THEM. 00:55:08 - MEMBERS OF ORCHESTRA TAKE THEIR PLACE. 00:55:18 - PROGRAM DIRECTORS AND ENGINEERS IN CONTROL BOOTH PREPARE FOR BROADCAST. 00:55:38 - CAMERA IS TRAINED ON PRINTED TITLE. 00:55:48 - SCREEN WITH TITLE ON IT. 00:55:58 - ORGHESTRA BEGINS PLAYING IN STUDIO. CONDUCTOR. 00:56:08 - CAMERAMAN TELEVISING ORCHESTRA. LONG SHOT CAMERA. 00:56:18 - TV CAMERA ON WHEEL TRUCK (FOR CLOSE-UPS) MOVES TOWARD CAMERA. 00:56:28 - VIEW FROM CONTROL ROOM OF ORCHESTRA AND IMAGE ON SCREEN. CU SCREEN. CONTROL ENGINEER HITTING SWITCH. PEOPLE WATCHING SCREEN. 00:56:38 - DIRECTOR AND ENGINEERS IN CONTROL BOOTH. 00:56:53 - VIEWING SCREEN/EARLY TELEVISION. DIRECTOR ORDERING DIFFERENT CAMERA ANGLES. 00:57:03 - CAMERAMAN MOVING IN FOR A CLOSE-UP. VIEW FROM CONTROL BOOTH. 00:57:13 - DIRECTOR AND ENGINEERS. CAMERA PANNING. 00:57:23 - MORE SCENES OF DIRECTOR AND CAMERAMEN FOLLOWING HIS ORDERS. ORCHESTRA PLAYS. 00:57:58 - ORCHESTRA PLAYING ON EARLY TV SCREEN.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1939
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-141