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Originally Posted by bozey45
I have somewhere a photo taken in 1955 of NBC Matinee Theater in production from above the lighting grid as I remember and it shows what is probably a TK-40. That particular program was presented live in color every weekday afternoon on NBC in 1955-56 at I think 2 p.m. Checking my old TV Guides from that era of 1955 it was about the only regular color program on for a while in daytime and one of the few colorcasts at all except for specials. If i can find that photo I'll post it. When you see these old photos of these early color shows being done you wonder what happened to all the cameramen lucky enough to be there during that era. They would be in their mid 70's these days and would probably be interesting to talk to.
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Hey bozey,
Just to help your search along, that picture, taken from the grid above the "Matinee Theater" set, was from a 2 page NBC-TV ad. Life magazine issue: Oct. 6, 1956. The series ran from Oct.31, 1955 - June 27, 1958. Over 650 episodes produced. Those camera operators could tell some horror stories doing a one hour daily live color telecast. This at a time when most daily live soaps, in B&W, were only 15 mins.long.
-Steve .