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Title: History of RCA TV
Date(s): 1986?, 1986
Contributor(s): Radio Corporation of America (associated name)
Description: Slide presentation created by an unidentified individual, presumably an RCA labs staff member, on behalf of Leslie Flory, part of the original team that created the first television. Includes description of many photographs, including Zworykin's work on the iconoscope at Westinghouse and work done at RCA Victor.
Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: VID_246478_BAVD02_ID02_01
Collection: David Sarnoff Library

Title: Vladimir Zworykin Documentary
Date(s): 1978~, 1978
Contributor(s): Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma, 1889-1982 (speaker), Olessi, Frederick (director) (screenwriter) (film editor)
Description: Documentary on Vladimir Zworykin, pioneer of television technology. Film provides Zworykin's biography. Zworykin speaks to students, who ask questions about his thoughts on science. Includes interviews with Zworykin and his wife, Katherine, Leslie Flory, James Hillier and Jan Rajchman.
Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: VID_246478_BAVD02_ID02_03
Collection: David Sarnoff Library

Title: RCA SelectaVision VideoDisc Dealer Introduction
Date(s): 1981-02-25
Contributor(s): Brokaw, Tom (host), Contempo Communications (producer), Radio Corporation of America (associated name)
Description: Tom Brokaw hosts an event introducing RCA's videodisc system. Filmed in famous Studio 8H at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center. Includes speakers Edgar Griffiths, Chairman of the board and Chief Executive Officer; Roy Pollack, Executive Vice President; Herb Schlosser, Executive Vice President and Jack Sauter, Vice President and General Manager Consumer Electronics. Includes dancers and singers on stage and multiple movie clips.
Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: VID_246478_BAVD02_ID04
Collection: David Sarnoff Library

Title: Your Surest Selling Job
Date(s): 1949
Contributor(s): RCA-Victor Company (sponsor)
Description: Presented by RCA Victor. A film showcasing the new RCA Victor record playing system. Spokespeople demonstrate many RCA Victor record players and radios. Includes segment on color phonographs.
Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: VID_246478_BAVD02_ID01
Collection: David Sarnoff Library

Title: Perspectives on the GE/RCA Merger
Date(s): 1986-04-29
Contributor(s): General Electric Company (sponsor), Radio Corporation of America (associated name)
Description: Michael A. Carpenter, Vice President Corporate Business Development and Planning, General Electric and David E. Wright, Senior Vice President of Planning and Development, RCA present about the merger of RAC and General Electric to employees. Includes presentation slides.
Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: VID_246478_BAVD02_ID05
Collection: David Sarnoff Library

Title: David Sarnoff
Date(s): 1975
Contributor(s): Radio Corporation of America (associated name), Mitchum, Robert (host)
Description: Program on David Sarnoff. Includes Sarnoff's background and hosted by actor Robert Mitchum.
Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: VID_246478_BAVD02_ID02_02
Collection: David Sarnoff Library

Title: GE "First Edition"
Date(s): 1986
Contributor(s): General Electric Company (sponsor)
Description: Magazine program for General Electric. Interview with Chairman and CEO Jack Welch; Nick Pirna, GE Staff Economist; Len Vickers, Vice President for Corporate Marketing; Jack Peiffer, Senior Vice President for Executive Management; Frank Doyle, Senior Vice-President for Corporate Relations and John Peterson, Corporate Ombudsman. Overview of 1985 discussing the successes and future focus of the company.
Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: VID_246478_BAVD02_ID03
Collection: David Sarnoff Library