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- Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing Donald Shelley a Portable Television Camera, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958 -
- April 30, 1958
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Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing Donald Shelley a Portable Television Camera, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958
- WWJ-TV Television Camera, circa 1950 -
- circa 1950
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WWJ-TV Television Camera, circa 1950
- Videotaping the ABC-TV "Discovery 64" Show in Greenfield Village, Curator Frank Davis and Program Host inside Menlo Park Laboratory, November 1963 - <em>Discovery 64</em> 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.
- November 01, 1963
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Videotaping the ABC-TV "Discovery 64" Show in Greenfield Village, Curator Frank Davis and Program Host inside Menlo Park Laboratory, November 1963
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.
- David Sarnoff Introduces Television as a New Industry at the New York World's Fair, April 20, 1939 - David Sarnoff, president of the Radio Corporation of America, is pictured here introducing monochrome television at the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1946, he similarly introduced electronic color television. Sarnoff was a technology advocate and credited as the "father of broadcasting"--the idea that radio could serve as mass communication--rather than messages sent between one operator and another.
- April 20, 1939
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David Sarnoff Introduces Television as a New Industry at the New York World's Fair, April 20, 1939
David Sarnoff, president of the Radio Corporation of America, is pictured here introducing monochrome television at the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1946, he similarly introduced electronic color television. Sarnoff was a technology advocate and credited as the "father of broadcasting"--the idea that radio could serve as mass communication--rather than messages sent between one operator and another.
- Dr. Vladimir Zworykin with a Portable Television Camera, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958 - Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history. Together they allowed electronic television to become a viable technology. Zworykin also headed the creation of the electron microscope and infrared tubes used in night vision "sniperscopes" during WWII.
- April 30, 1958
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Dr. Vladimir Zworykin with a Portable Television Camera, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958
Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history. Together they allowed electronic television to become a viable technology. Zworykin also headed the creation of the electron microscope and infrared tubes used in night vision "sniperscopes" during WWII.
- Television Special "It's What's Happening Baby" Being Filmed in Greenfield Village, June 1965 -
- June 01, 1965
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Television Special "It's What's Happening Baby" Being Filmed in Greenfield Village, June 1965
- Filming a Color Television Show in Greenfield Village, October 25, 1955 - On October 25, 1955, NBC broadcast three television programs live and in color from Greenfield Village. Network trucks, cameras, and other equipment dotted the Village. The morning started off with the <em>Today</em> show airing services from Martha-Mary Chapel. Later, the <em>Home</em> show depicted a typical day in a mid-19th-century American village. The day ended at the Scotch Settlement School with a visit from the <em>Howdy Doody</em> show.
- October 25, 1955
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Filming a Color Television Show in Greenfield Village, October 25, 1955
On October 25, 1955, NBC broadcast three television programs live and in color from Greenfield Village. Network trucks, cameras, and other equipment dotted the Village. The morning started off with the Today show airing services from Martha-Mary Chapel. Later, the Home show depicted a typical day in a mid-19th-century American village. The day ended at the Scotch Settlement School with a visit from the Howdy Doody show.