Color broadcasting timeline

[jmdocs]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

Cinderella was broadcast by CBS from New York in color on March 31, 1957. A B&W kinescope was broadcast for western time zone viewers due to time shifting for prime time telecast on the west coast.

Actually, CBS used one of their monochrome Ampex quad tape machines for the West Coast telecast. The quad tape isn't known to have survived; probably taped over in those early days of extremely scarce tape stock. The DVD release used the kine, which isn't all that great-looking even by kine standards.

[Steve D.]

Originally Posted by jmdocs

Actually, CBS used one of their monochrome Ampex quad tape machines for the West Coast telecast. The quad tape isn't known to have survived; probably taped over in those early days of extremely scarce tape stock. The DVD release used the kine, which isn't all that great-looking even by kine standards.

jmdocs,

Thanks for the correction. I guess the kine was for posterity knowing that the videotape would probably be reused. And you're right, my DVD copy of this program is pretty low quality.

Best,
-Steve D.

[Steve D.]

Originally Posted by jmdocs

Actually, CBS used one of their monochrome Ampex quad tape machines for the West Coast telecast. The quad tape isn't known to have survived; probably taped over in those early days of extremely scarce tape stock. The DVD release used the kine, which isn't all that great-looking even by kine standards.

jmdocs,

Thanks for the correction. I guess the kine was made for posterity knowing that the videotape might be erased and reused. Explains why my dvd copy is such low quality.

Best,
-Steve D.

[alespn]

Concerning the Cinderella show, it was remade around 64 or 65 on CBS with their old TK 41 cameras, I'm told. It starred Leslie Ann Warren, I believe replacing Julie Andrews. It must have been one of their first live color shows since they stopped around '58. I saw it on either PBS or the Disney Channel some time ago. Definately looked like TK41 color.

[holmesuser01]

Originally Posted by alespn

Concerning the Cinderella show, it was remade around 64 or 65 on CBS with their old TK 41 cameras, I'm told. It starred Leslie Ann Warren, I believe replacing Julie Andrews. It must have been one of their first live color shows since they stopped around '58. I saw it on either PBS or the Disney Channel some time ago. Definately looked like TK41 color.

The copyright notice on Rodgers And Hammerstein's Cinderella is 1964.

I've got it on a DVD. Watched it last night in memory of Celeste Holm, who played the fairy godmother.

Pretty sure it was not a live show.

[alespn]

Didn't mean to imply the show was live... I ment it was a live-on-tape show, as opposed to film.

[holmesuser01]

Originally Posted by alespn

Didn't mean to imply the show was live... I ment it was a live-on-tape show, as opposed to film.

It looks to me like it was done on a very cramped set at Television City in Los Angeles. It was shot in segments, and edited. There are several edits that are not the best. Live on tape would be just that. Run from start to finish and record it.

Still, it's an ambitious effort. It's very entertaining from start to finish, and the music score is lovely.

I've actually seen a kinescope B/W 16mm print of this production. Could see the 2" tape banding in the recorded TV signal.