[QuadList] In Bing Crosby?s Wine Cellar, Vintage Baseball

[Ted Langdell]

David,

How likely is it that the kinneys were done at NBC?

Ted.

On Sep 25, 2010, at 7:55 AM, David C. Crosthwait wrote:

> Scott,
>
> No they are kine reels (although CBS radio network news yesterday  
> morning reported it as videotape). I've known Rob for years, having  
> work on 2" projects over the course (the most recent being the Bing  
> Crosby special for PBS with 2" tape from that very "wine storage  
> room"). A common friend talked with Rob yesterday about the deal  
> with MLB. It was a substantial amount of coinage.
> I'm not sure who did the kine, but it would not have surprised me if  
> it was Acme.
>
> Rob got his visual "claim to fame" on ABC Evening News last night,  
> but the camera crew was not granted access to the storage room.
>
> David
> www.dcvideo.com
>
>
> Quoting Scott Thomas <scottgfx at mac.com>:
>
>> From the article:
>>
>> "How a near pristine black-and-white reel of the entire television   
>> broadcast of the deciding game of the 1960 World Series ? long   
>> believed to be lost forever ? came to rest in the dry and cool  
>> wine  cellar of Bing Crosby?s home near San Francisco is not a  
>> mystery to  those who knew him."
>>
>> Kinescopes? I figured Bing would have bought a Quad by 1960.  
>> Perhaps  it's a issue of pride, as his company tried to develop a  
>> practical  videotape machine?
>>
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/sports/baseball/24crosby.html?_r=1
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Ted Langdell
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