Videotaping the ABC-TV "Discovery 64" Show in Greenfield Village, Mobile Video Tape Truck on Village Green, November 1963
THF116113 / Videotaping the ABC-TV "Discovery 64" Show in Greenfield Village, Mobile Video Tape Truck on Village Green, November 1963
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Artifact Overview
Discovery 64 was a half hour children's educational show on ABC. It explored history, science, art, current events and other subjects important in a child's world. In November 1963, the show filmed three programs at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Production set up in the museum's Street of Shops and at various locations in the village including Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
November 1963
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
N.B.34610
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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