[QuadList] Quad reproductions at AMIA Meeting

[Ted Langdell]

I heartily agree with Jeff that the Quad material was quite the  
thing... and a heck of a way to lead off the afternoon.
Looking forward to when David has time to re-tell the story here.

David's photos of the NBC tape room with Ampex VR-1000's and being  
able to point to which VTR recorded this tape was cool.

The technical details regarding what it took to recover the tape were  
quite interesting... and I loved the photo of the AVR-1 circuit card  
and soldering iron.

The recovered content revealed just how far television production  
capabilities advanced in the short time between 1951 and supers, to  
1959.

Luminance keys with some rather interesting graphics being used in  
the opening... and then the sequence that may have used ChromaKey to  
enable a transition from the apartment where the party was taking  
place... to the dance number... and back again.

NBC seems to have been at the forefront of pushing the production  
envelope... as they did similar things on the Fred Astaire special  
that same year.

Bravo to the crews from NBC 50 years ago and David's late night board  
mod's and greenie work.

Ted

On Nov 4, 2009, at 8:11 PM, Jeffrey Martin wrote:

> Well, I was lucky enough to be at The Reel Thing today--wow. The  
> Cyd Charisse material was just amazing, as was the story of its  
> recovery. David, I hope you'll share that story here, if you  
> already haven't. Suffice to say: the show fades up on Cyd in a hot- 
> pink negligee, reclining on a chaise lounge, and gets better from  
> there.  Really, nothing else looks quite like that early color.
>
> Also on the bill was some terrific 1970 material from "The Everly  
> Brothers Show," recovered from 1" type C.  Tina Turner and Cyd  
> Charisse on the same program--quite a study in contrasts.
>
> Kudos,
>
> Jeff Martin
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dcfwtx at aol.com
> Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:51 pm
> Subject: Re: [QuadList] Quad reproductions at AMIA Meeting
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>
>> For those here at the AMIA meeting, make sure you attend at least
>> these two functions:
>>
>>
>> The Reel-Thing: There will be a presentation of several segments from
>> "Meet Cyd Charisse". This recently found 2" original color recording
>> that has never been seen since it's airing in December of 1959. The
>> program will discuss the background of this RCA labs color
>> (non-standard low band) program with some details about the machines
>> that were involved at that time.
>>
>>
>> Archival Screening Night: There will be a presentation from what is
>> believed to be the third oldest surviving 2" color videotape in
>> existence, recorded November 9, 1958. This is an RCA labs
>> (non-standard low band) color recovery.
>>
>>
>> In addition, please stop by the booth and say hello. As with last
>> year, we will be presenting a continuous program of various vintage
>> videotape recovery samples. I think you will find the variety
>> enjoyable.
>>
>>
>> I look forward to meeting each and everyone of you, especially  
>> those I
>> missed at tonights dinner.
>>
>>
>> David Crosthwait
>>
>>
>>
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Ted Langdell
Secretary