I remember when TV was considered a treat. something special. wonderful world of Disney on Sundays,wizard of Oz once a year. my personal favorite mutual of Omaha wild Kingdom.
Here I am in 2022 understanding something from the '50s that I find crucial still today in understanding the basis of our complex (yet simplified) digital era
Thanks Fran. I helped out at a museum of old TVs and radios in the UK. They have converters to let visitors see what you would have seen or heard in the 1950s.
My dad being around almost 30 years before Television called the TV, "The one-eyed monster." Which was weird in retrospect because he loved technology and was for a time a TV repair tech.
"Television, it's the devil's doing / you can watch Jr Ewing/ find out who he's screwing.....Television, it's the devil's answer/ if you're a glancer/ it's like a cancer...." from an updated 80's version of an older blues song.
@@stevekitt52 I think we got our first PAL set as a rental (probably from Granada) about 1970, we had a small 405 line Pye set before that. I was a mere toddler but I do remember it.
Imagine the year following this film another technology was being phased out but still we built the last new steam locomotive in 1953. TV was pretty advanced stuff.
Back when I was a trainee, one of the old engineers at work had an image orthicon tube, and he explained how it worked. His explanation was almost exactly the same as this film. Not really all that surprising, there's only so many ways to explain it. But it immediately clicked with me after that. I think that's probably why I've been in the industry for so long, understanding how the underlying technology works makes it easier to understand how all the parts around it work together.
@@MCPicoli Technically it's possible, but unlikely. He was one of the engineers that advised the Australian government on the colour television switch-over in the mid-late 60s, so he was definitely involved in the industry in the early days.
I’m super excited to repair my 1956 Admiral 9 inch black and white steel cased, louvered, teal and green colored television! I can’t wait to have it working and sitting on my French provincial five drawer lingerie cabinet in the bedroom!
I love it! The five pillars of the new medium of television were news, entertainment, education sports and advertising. Correct! Except it should have been advertising, advertising, advertising, advertising and whatever.
Wonderful, Fran! My takeaway? An American said 'tube' like we do in England! Wooo! (no, we don't all say choob, or call water wa-uh - that's just some of us)
That was how cathode rays tubes worked. i think nowadays only oscilloscopes use that. Nowadays flat screens implement LED matrix arrays for TV screens. Using mpeg standard for NTSC and cable
I grew up with a series of books (French - by Aisberg). Le radio ? Mais c'est simple ! ; La télévision ? Mais c'est simple !; and La télévision en couleurs ? Mais c'est presque simple ! 😂
"...and advertising" - with the GE cooking range you once posted? That would be a nice-ish coincidence. Before the signal even reaches the CRT, it passes through a bunch of other tubes - all the amplifier stages on the transmitting and receiving end. They skipped them all just like that. Not to mention the process of multiplexing and demultiplexing the video and audio, which is even more interesting. Cool to know how TV was transmitted across the country.
I enjoyed this episode, thank you! Out of curiosity, do you do sound processing at all for these videos as you do for the videos to normalize them when they are colored?
Four purposes of television are given. Which ones do we see the most? Entertainment, sports, and especially *crass commercialism*. The first two serve only the advertisers. Which do we see the least? Education.
Television, television, I'm sick of it. Hey, Mr. General Public, do you realize That we got a generation of staring eyes? The women never bother getting housework done. They just sit around gawking at television. The kiddies never run and playing out of door. Apart from that they never reading books no more. You ask them who's the father our country, man. They say was either Walt Disney or Ed Sullivan. Oh, television, television. I'm sick from-a looking on television. I got-a weak in the eyes, weak in the head likewise From sitting and looking on television. The burglar come sneaking in and break the latch While grandma she is looking on the wrestling match. She throws him on the floor although she's ninety years old. She says "I got him with a step-over toehold." I turn on Elvis Presley and my daughter scream. I fear she have a nervous breakdown 'cause of him. I wonder why he wiggle-waggle to the beat? As a boy he must have had a loose bicycle seat. Oh television, television, I'm sick from a-looking on television. I got-a weak in the eyes, weak in the head likewise, From sitting and looking on television. The children of the country eat their dinner, you bet, But they eat it sitting in front of the TV set. They got pudding in their ears from the north to the south, From eating while watching and missing their mouth. Last night a very unusual thing occurred. The baby he is saying his very first word. I have him on my shoulder for to make him burp. Instead he open his mouth and say "Wyatt Earp!" Television, television - Video tape Might help somewhat But is it art? Don't make me laugh. -- Stan Freberg
"Television, it's the devil's answer/ if you're a glancer/ it's like a cancer..... Television, it's the devil's doing/ you can watch JR Ewing/ find out who he's screwing....." from an updated 80's version of an old blues song ( the version I have on vinyl is by Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan)
Have you heard the story of Philo Farnsworth and his television patent war with RCA? He was a pioneer electronic television inventor who was granted patents for his work but then foolishly thought he could take on RCA because he had truth, justice and right on. his side. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth Farnsworth went on to pioneer electronic fusion energy research in the 1950s.
a remarkably well preserved film
This is a subject that I have lived as a kid growing up in a TV repair shop.. I could build a tv set from scratch..
Those old movies had just the right music to set the mood....funny! Great memories! Thanks!
I remember when TV was considered a treat. something special. wonderful world of Disney on Sundays,wizard of Oz once a year.
my personal favorite mutual of Omaha wild Kingdom.
What? More than three channels in 1952. Now that's revolutionary!
Thank you, Fran. It's SO striking how slow the pace was back then. Today, no one would even THINK of pausing more than half a second between words!
I am fairly certain the Sci Show people never breathe in. They are probably all robots.
Here I am in 2022 understanding something from the '50s that I find crucial still today in understanding the basis of our complex (yet simplified) digital era
Absolutely magical. Physics never ceases to amaze.
And composite video still uses some of this today! Thanks Fran!
Camera tubes are cool and underappreciated.
$1000 "Image orthicon" tube in 1952 ... is $11,180 in 2022. And likely damaged if it points at a hot incandescent lamp or the sun.
As a former TV engineer in the UK, this brought back a memory or two 😊
Thanks Fran. I helped out at a museum of old TVs and radios in the UK. They have converters to let visitors see what you would have seen or heard in the 1950s.
Where abouts in the UK, sounds worth a visit ?
Man! That's so much easier than I thought. And my favorite TV shows are still juggling.
I Sooooo love that you are archiving and sharing all of these..please keep it up, Fran! You are amazing.
My dad being around almost 30 years before Television called the TV, "The one-eyed monster." Which was weird in retrospect because he loved technology and was for a time a TV repair tech.
"Television, it's the devil's doing / you can watch Jr Ewing/ find out who he's screwing.....Television, it's the devil's answer/ if you're a glancer/ it's like a cancer...." from an updated 80's version of an older blues song.
I've heard that term used in reference to early "porthole" television receivers.
Hi Fran. Thank you for this. I love these old Coronet films. It's great that you are saving and sharing them.
Thanks for sharing fran! Love and appreciate your work putting your collection together and sharing it with us!
Thank you Fran 💐
Back in those days we had sub-atomic particle accelerators pointed at our faces and we liked it!
There is something magical about all CTR being in synced, a gigantic dance of electrons following the raster of the camera. Assuming its live.
Reminds me of System A 405 line over here, I'm old enough to remember it before we got PAL.
When I started in the trade, 625 was firmly established by then.
@@stevekitt52 I think we got our first PAL set as a rental (probably from Granada) about 1970, we had a small 405 line Pye set before that. I was a mere toddler but I do remember it.
Thank you for revealing the 'inner sanctum'
Imagine the year following this film another technology was being phased out but still we built the last new steam locomotive in 1953. TV was pretty advanced stuff.
Cheers Fran.
Back when I was a trainee, one of the old engineers at work had an image orthicon tube, and he explained how it worked. His explanation was almost exactly the same as this film. Not really all that surprising, there's only so many ways to explain it. But it immediately clicked with me after that. I think that's probably why I've been in the industry for so long, understanding how the underlying technology works makes it easier to understand how all the parts around it work together.
Maybe he saw the same video?
@@MCPicoli Technically it's possible, but unlikely. He was one of the engineers that advised the Australian government on the colour television switch-over in the mid-late 60s, so he was definitely involved in the industry in the early days.
I’m super excited to repair my 1956 Admiral 9 inch black and white steel cased, louvered, teal and green colored television! I can’t wait to have it working and sitting on my French provincial five drawer lingerie cabinet in the bedroom!
I love it! The five pillars of the new medium of television were news, entertainment, education sports and advertising. Correct! Except it should have been advertising, advertising, advertising, advertising and whatever.
Wonderful, Fran! My takeaway? An American said 'tube' like we do in England! Wooo! (no, we don't all say choob, or call water wa-uh - that's just some of us)
Another fanatastic job, Fran!
Magic
What a cool video. 👍
The first sentenze says It all...
That was fun! That TV looked like the one my aunt had. I think she bought it in the mid-fifties and never bought another.
I wish that television was still broadcasting this way, I could use my televisions as they were intended😢 thanks fcc😔
That was how cathode rays tubes worked. i think nowadays only oscilloscopes use that. Nowadays flat screens implement LED matrix arrays for TV screens. Using mpeg standard for NTSC and cable
I grew up with a series of books (French - by Aisberg). Le radio ? Mais c'est simple ! ; La télévision ? Mais c'est simple !; and La télévision en couleurs ? Mais c'est presque simple ! 😂
Well, now I need a film about how juggling works.
"...and advertising" - with the GE cooking range you once posted? That would be a nice-ish coincidence.
Before the signal even reaches the CRT, it passes through a bunch of other tubes - all the amplifier stages on the transmitting and receiving end. They skipped them all just like that. Not to mention the process of multiplexing and demultiplexing the video and audio, which is even more interesting.
Cool to know how TV was transmitted across the country.
and what about Color? :P
Philo Taylor Farnsworth lived in a house without electricity until he was age 14.
Wow, the color is REALLY faded on this one! LOL.
Pleas no copyright claim please no copyright claim.....
How was sound transmitted?
Frequency modulation. You used to be able to pick up the audio on older FM radios where you could tune below the usual FM band.
I enjoyed this episode, thank you! Out of curiosity, do you do sound processing at all for these videos as you do for the videos to normalize them when they are colored?
@0:19 Is it just me or is the spelling "CAMRAS" not correct?
Four purposes of television are given. Which ones do we see the most? Entertainment, sports, and especially *crass commercialism*. The first two serve only the advertisers. Which do we see the least? Education.
The only useful part in them I see for this modern age is the flyback to build a tesla coil lol. We're so spoilt with our 4K tv sets.
Television, television,
I'm sick of it.
Hey, Mr. General Public, do you realize
That we got a generation of staring eyes?
The women never bother getting housework done.
They just sit around gawking at television.
The kiddies never run and playing out of door.
Apart from that they never reading books no more.
You ask them who's the father our country, man.
They say was either Walt Disney or Ed Sullivan.
Oh, television, television.
I'm sick from-a looking on television.
I got-a weak in the eyes, weak in the head likewise
From sitting and looking on television.
The burglar come sneaking in and break the latch
While grandma she is looking on the wrestling match.
She throws him on the floor although she's ninety years old.
She says "I got him with a step-over toehold."
I turn on Elvis Presley and my daughter scream.
I fear she have a nervous breakdown 'cause of him.
I wonder why he wiggle-waggle to the beat?
As a boy he must have had a loose bicycle seat.
Oh television, television,
I'm sick from a-looking on television.
I got-a weak in the eyes, weak in the head likewise,
From sitting and looking on television.
The children of the country eat their dinner, you bet,
But they eat it sitting in front of the TV set.
They got pudding in their ears from the north to the south,
From eating while watching and missing their mouth.
Last night a very unusual thing occurred.
The baby he is saying his very first word.
I have him on my shoulder for to make him burp.
Instead he open his mouth and say "Wyatt Earp!"
Television, television -
Video tape
Might help somewhat
But is it art?
Don't make me laugh.
-- Stan Freberg
"Television, it's the devil's answer/ if you're a glancer/ it's like a cancer..... Television, it's the devil's doing/ you can watch JR Ewing/ find out who he's screwing....." from an updated 80's version of an old blues song ( the version I have on vinyl is by Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan)
Let's hope some jerk doesn't DCMA this
And they said it was a passing fad. HAHA!!
Television will be the downfall of Humankind.
You are thinking of the Internet
@@captaintrips2980 I was thinking one step further and would have said Social Media.
Hyperspace communications relays will be the downfall of the galaxy.
Have you heard the story of Philo Farnsworth and his television patent war with RCA?
He was a pioneer electronic television inventor who was granted patents for his work but then foolishly thought he could take on RCA because he had truth, justice and right on. his side.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth
Farnsworth went on to pioneer electronic fusion energy research in the 1950s.