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Story Of Television (1956)

RCA's corporate history of pre-1956 developments in television. We digitized and uploaded this film from the The Orgone Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project. The story of television traces its evolution from humanity's desire to enhance vision to the development of electronic systems by RCA. Key innovations like the Icona Scope and the transition to color television transformed programming and advertising, highlighting the medium's profound societal impact and technological advancements. #TelevisionHistory #RCAInnovations #ColorTelevision #TechEvolution #SocietalImpact Timeline 00:00:00 - 00:02:23 The Era of Television 00:00:41 The segment begins by establishing the skyline as the signature of every century, leading to the modern era's signature: television. 00:01:09 Television is presented as a modern marvel, extending sight and sound beyond human capabilities, marking it as the era of television. 00:01:28 The dream of television, to overcome the limitations of the human eye, is explored, emphasizing the eye's sensitivity but also its restricted range. 00:01:40 Man's efforts to extend eyesight through instruments like binoculars and telescopes are discussed, setting the stage for the ultimate challenge of transmitting pictures across distances, a challenge taken up by RCA. 00:02:23 - 00:05:32 The Dream of Television 00:02:23 David Sarnoff and Dr. Vladimir Zworykin shared the dream of television in the 1920s, leading to RCA's pioneering efforts. 00:03:07 RCA invested over fifty million dollars to develop the first all-electronic television system and an additional seventy million for compatible color television. 00:03:49 The development of television extended human sight and was significantly advanced by the leadership and participation of General Sarnoff. 00:04:33 They discuss the evolution from early pickup tubes to the new miniature vidicon, aiming to reduce the size and cost of television components for wider accessibility. 00:05:32 - 00:11:40 The Icona Scope 00:06:12 The television camera's lens focuses light rays onto a light-sensitive mosaic in the picture tube, converting light into electrical impulses. 00:06:36 An electron beam, controlled by electromagnets, scans the image on the plate, losing electrons upon impact and bouncing back to be amplified and sent to the transmitter as electric current. 00:07:45 In the receiving set's kinescope, the electron stream, synchronized with the camera tube, paints the picture information line by line on a chemically treated screen, reassembling the image. 00:08:28 RCA's technicians improved picture quality by discarding mechanical processes and doubling or tripling scanning lines, leading to mobile vans for outside broadcasts by 1937. 00:11:40 - 00:19:05 The Evolution of Television 00:11:45 During a four-year blackout for commercial TV, RCA's David Sarnoff Research Center conducted 24-hour shifts, exploring new electronic frontiers and contributing to radar and sonar development. 00:12:54 After the war, RCA, a leading producer of television sets, opened its blueprints to licensed competitors, fostering industry growth and bringing television to maturity. 00:14:45 By 1949, television made history with the first presidential inauguration broadcast, and within a few years, images could be sent coast-to-coast, establishing television as a dynamic industry and effective advertising medium. 00:16:40 The dream of color television, a significant leap from black and white, became a reality through the dedicated work of scientists and engineers, leading to the compatible color television system and the RCA tricolor television tube. 00:19:05 - 00:26:42 RCA Tricolor Television Tube 00:19:18 An ingenious system of mirrors in the camera breaks down light rays into blue, green, and red, which are then processed for transmission. 00:19:48 Color programs can be viewed on standard black and white sets without any adjustments, while color receivers decode the information to display vivid pictures. 00:21:17 Color television programming explored new horizons, with technicians and artists quickly devising techniques to integrate color, leading to 'spectacular' new forms of entertainment. 00:22:43 Mobile units transmit outdoor color telecasts, adding new sparkle to coverage of major sporting events like the World Series and Davis Cup matches in 1955.