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Title: NBC Story, First 50 Years Part 2
Date(s): 1976-11-21
Contributor(s): Hale, Lee (producer), Hagan, Chet (producer), Garrison, Greg (director), Mann, Abby (screenwriter), National Broadcasting Company (originator)
Description: NBC special highlighting programming from the first fifty years of the National Broadcasting Company. Narrated by Orson Welles. Covering sports, dance, NBC News war coverage, "This is your life," MLB World Series, Children's shows, NBC News civil rights news coverage, 1930s radio, music performers, Milton Berle, college football and horse racing, programs starring African Americans, westerns, Charles Lindbergh, the Hindenburg, 1930s radio, NFL football, pantomime skits, game shows, opera and...
Show moreNBC special highlighting programming from the first fifty years of the National Broadcasting Company. Narrated by Orson Welles. Covering sports, dance, NBC News war coverage, "This is your life," MLB World Series, Children's shows, NBC News civil rights news coverage, 1930s radio, music performers, Milton Berle, college football and horse racing, programs starring African Americans, westerns, Charles Lindbergh, the Hindenburg, 1930s radio, NFL football, pantomime skits, game shows, opera and westerns. With hosts Gene Kelly, Johnny Carson, Joe Garagiola, Kukla, Fran & Ollia with Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Milton Berle, A segment including David Sarnoff at 00:40:05.
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Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: VID_246478_BAVD01_ID02
Collection: David Sarnoff Library

Title: NBC Story, First 50 Years Part 3
Date(s): 1976-11-21
Contributor(s): Hale, Lee (producer), Hagan, Chet (producer), Garrison, Greg (director), Mann, Abby (screenwriter), National Broadcasting Company (originator)
Description: NBC special highlighting programming from the first fifty years of the National Broadcasting Company. Narrated by Orson Welles. Covering Bob Hope, superstar singers, soap operas, production numbers, programs dubbed in other languages, Miss America Pageant, Police shows, NBC News, Broadway musicals and General David Sarnoff. With hosts Johnny Carson, Jerry Lewis, David Brinkley,
Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: VID_246478_BAVD01_ID03
Collection: David Sarnoff Library

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: Opening the wide, wide window to the world
Date(s): 1985
Contributor(s): Radio Corporation of America (originator), Katov, Oscar (screenwriter), RCA Service Company Video Productions (production company), Bunting, Ray (director), Hittinger, William C., Dr. (speaker)
Description: "The electronic miracle and how it happened." Program documenting the pioneers of audio and video technology. Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Guglielmo Marconi, David Sarnoff are discussed. Also mentions Tiros weather satellite and electronic communications during first moon landing. Lastly a statement from Dr. William C. Hittenger of RCA Corporation, introducing the microchip, used in Solid State Television.
Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: VID_246478_BAVD01_ID01
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: Combat TV
Date(s): 1954-08-11
Contributor(s): Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971 (speaker)
Description: Film promoting use of television within the military.
Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: FILM_246478_B12
Collection: David Sarnoff Library

Title: Color TV with Jimmy Durante and Sarnoff
Date(s): 1950-05-06
Contributor(s): Durante, Jimmy, 1893-1980 (actor), Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971 (speaker)
Description: Program introducing color television starring Jimmy Durante.
Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: FILM_246478_FC06
Collection: David Sarnoff Library

Title: The Reasons Why
Date(s): 1960
Contributor(s): Radio Corporation of America (sponsor)
Description: RCA Victor presents "The Reasons Why". Shows Cherry Hill, NJ research and development laboratories and staff at work on RCA equipment. Also shown is the RCA tube manufacturing plant in Harrison, NJ; testing of tubes at the Woodbridge, NJ plant; Kinescope creation at the Lancaster, PA plant; the cabinet plant at Monticello, NC; lastly, the Bloomington, IN and Indianapolis, IN manufacturing plants for assembly.
Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: VID_246478_BAVD01_ID04
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