Colour recovery from B&W kinescope films

[Joel Cairo]

Originally Posted by 3Guncolor

Also keep in mind most folks would be using quad video tape if there was a need to record live TV in the 60's. There would have to be a very good reason to use film kines they where bad for B/W and much worse for color.

Well, there were only three American networks at the time, so that really cuts down on the number of people that would be recording in the first place...

The reason for the creation film kines was usually due to:

1) Some affiliates (particularly those associated with ABC) couldn't afford the expense of videotape equipment for tape-delayed broadcast, so kinescope films were an inexpensive alternative-- they only required the use of a film chain, which was far more affordable in those days.

2) Kines were also created for program producers and sponsors, as a relatively inexpensive means to archive programs; and as a backup in the event that there was a question about something that occurred during the broadcast.

3) Even into the 60s, videotape remained a comparatively expensive format to utilize (much less archive); and really, it was essentially designed to be reusable-- so that's what people did.

-Kevin