[QuadList] Reviving the Lenticular Kinescope Thread

[Jeffrey J Martin]

That clip is from Kovacs' episode of "Saturday Color Carnival," January
1957. The whole show is included in the recent Kovacs DVD set. Never having
seen a lenticular kine, I can't say by looking at it whether it's an actual
color kine or not. But UCLA Film & Television Archive holds what it
describes as a 16mm color kine of the show, which may be the source. Info
pasted below.

I'd love to see this thread revived. If Kodacolor can be digitized,
digitizing a lenticular kine should be feasible, too.

Jeff Martin
Chicago, IL



Location:Non-circulating SRLF archival copyInventory Number:T3167Collection:TV
Television CollectionFormat:1 reel of 1 (29 min., 52 sec.) (ca. 1200 ft.) :
opt sd., col. ; 16 mm. safety print.Notes:Reserved for preservation.NOTES:
"F2110." Copy added from inventory record without viewing or inspection.
LOCATION: A2-74-3.Added copy, November 18, 1987, my; rev. April 15, 2005,
my; rev. March 9, 2011, my.


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> From: Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>
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> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 09:15:46 -0800
> Subject: Re: [QuadList] Reviving the Lenticular Kinescope Thread
> Hi, Richard,
>
> Would be interested in learning more about your research that tells you
> that the clip is NOT a kinescope, particularly an NBC/Kodak lenticular
> kinescope
>
> What did you learn about that clip?
>
> Looking more closely at the YouTube clip there are videotape dropouts
> observable, and no indication of film dirt or gate weave or vertical
> movement that can't be attributed to camera movement.
>
> Also, it would appear that NBC Burbank had Ampex VR-1000X machines in hand
> by Dec. 14, 1956 and had begun Time Zone Delay by Jan. 15, 1957.
>
> According to television historian Albert Abramson, RCA demonstrated color
> using a Quad in August, 1957, using what appeared to Charles Ginsburg to be
> parts of the third VRX-1000 NBC had received.
>
>
> For latecomers to the thread:
>
> Learn more on the NBC/Kodak Lenticular Kinescope process and Quad
> Videotape introduction timeline here:
>
> The History of Television, 1942 to 2000
>  By Albert Abramson
> Page 74
>
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=TOMOmmrvwCcC&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=NBC+Lenticular+Color+kinescope&source=bl&ots=WvBHH8p3rs&sig=1jIZsDs5O6EE4-AxIlk5kfHY0xs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fJ7BUrDyGIX6oAS8loHwBA&ved=0CHYQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=NBC%20Lenticular%20Color%20kinescope&f=false
>
>
> Also the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has many
> references:
>
> https://www.smpte.org/s?as_q=Lenticular%20Kinescope
>
> SMPTE Membership required to view most at no additional charge. Items can
> be purchased.
>
> Having read through a number of the items, it's quite a fascinating system.
>
> Ted
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>
> On Dec 30, 2013, at 12:33 AM, Richard Wirth wrote:
>
>
> I'm working on a television history article where I'd like to show an
> example of Lenticular Color Kinescope.
>
> I thought I had one in the form of an Ernie Kovacs video available on a
> couple of You Tube channels
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEBg6ansaJA
>
> But research (via this group and other sources) tell me that information
> is incorrect.
>
> Does anyone know of any video on line that is an actual example of the NBC
> Lenticular Color Film Process?
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