Color film of RCA and GE TV exhibits 1939
This footage is color film of the 1939 World's Fair, including the exterior TV stage at RCA (at 06:33) and the interior stage at GE (at 07:17).
While an area with many light reflectors is visible in the RCA footage, they are apparently using ambient daylight for the two women at the lectern. Note the viewfinder-less RCA camera. The blue color of the GE footage apparently indicates that they used high intensity mercury vapor lamps. I have read of this practice, but this is the first direct evidence I have seen. The same high levels of lighting needed for TV were a good match for the slow color film of the day. https://archive.org/details/Medicusc1939_5 |
To only be there...but this is close!
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A fascinating look back in time! Wonder if Crosley had anything other than their glorified golf carts on display? :scratch2:
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So used to seeing black and white film from this time period. Color brings a new reality to it.
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Postcards from the fair were made from heavily edited and hand-colored images, also giving no realistic impression of the beauty of this fair. Color movies and slides give an entirely different and brighter view. |
I love seeing the '30's and '40's in color. You finally see that not everything back then was in shades of gray! Clothes, cars, etc., came in brilliant colors. I love 1939. What a special year in the USA. The height of streamline design, great movies, music, radio shows, cars, fairs, etc.. Unfortunately a world war was looming over us.
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Wow all these years and I've never seen that footage Simply Amazing. I wonder if any of that quipment still exist. And on another note someone took color footage back in the day I wonder if there's any color footage when Roosevelt opened the World's Fair I've seen all the black and white footage but never any color
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Cool footage! Love the Johns-Manville exhibit: "Asbestos-The Miracle Mineral!"
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