I've been working on this for some time (as some of you know already) - calculated illustrations of the color performance of the early image orthicon cameras. Thanks to info saved by Pete Deksnis, and a lot of other input, you can see the effects of the RGB responses, gamma correction, and noise in the image orthicon cameras, and view it on your own computer monitor.
Grab a cup of cocoa (it's a long piece) and go to
www.bretl.com
and click on
"Viewing 1950s Color TV Again..."