60's NBC Peacock

[Dave A]

Here is a link to a good history of the peacock with downloads of each version for viewing. And a few other network logos also.

http://www.kingoftheroad.net/KARD_html/kard4.html

Dave

[asynchronousman]

You will need to be able to open Apple's QuickTime formats. I never had luck with the Apple download on ANY Windows based platform, 95 or 98, and it would vex me to no end because it was always suggested to get the premium version (sounds like REAL)? I cannot recall which one of the things I Googled I actually installed, but it worked then. How exciting...super slow mo of a peacock to see the frame sequence wears thin. The color footage of the Fred Astaire special you eventually see somewhere down the line if you follow it around ain't bad but it's TOO BRIEF. It's nostalgic eye candy...go for the rest of the stuff and then head over to Ed Reitan's site or even the Omnibus sites Farewell Analog or even better Jeff Miller's History of American Broadcasting Omnibus links . It wont get everything under the stars, but these will get almost anywhere you might hope go in your research of radio and television.

Remember, I also avoid Real like a disease, but the Europeans love it like there's no rhyme or reason as do other sites worldwide, yet I haven't found any multi-system AV browser that will play it and is FREE. UltraPlayer 2.112 ain't it. Not for .rm, .ram--nada. And you can't just archive version 8 and watch old stuff, no sir...you can't shut the update message off at all. 'Sides it's KRAP. All the content providers you can email either don't respond to your questions about MS or other players, or chime back that you are a bloody Bill Gates-loving BASTARD (so I ignore their sites).

Anyway the stuff about the TV station he visited IS pretty interesting...

[Steve D.]

The famous NBC Peacock logo was first hatched in 1956 as a still slide at the begining of each NBC color telecast. In 1957 a fully animated version was broadcast. The visual of the peacock unfolding his multi-colored feathers along with impressive orchestrated music and a very authoritive announcement "The following program is brought to you in living color on NBC." All designed to make black & white set owners feel like second rate boobs. An updated version, with new music, was introduced in 1962. Before the peacock, NBC used a still slide, colorized version of it's NBC chimes logo. The color chimes was first seen in late 1953 test color broadcasts. This logo can be seen on my web page in the CT-100 section.

http://community.webtv.net/stevetek/StevesCT100