New French Vintage TV Site

[Glenz75]

That's a great site, is really nice to see some early examples of the European technology of the time. Thanks for sharing.

[jhalphen]

Hi to all,

Joel gave two interesting tidbits. In the phonograph section there is a suitcase phono with US ARMY Special Services written on the case. It's a phono dating from D-Day 1944 it was found at the US Army HQ in the city of Reims where the Germans signed their defeat and the end of WWII. The location is now a public school named after F.D.Roosevelt.

the VICTOR VICTROLA phono: in a vintage movie (The Untouchables) Sean connery playing inspector Malone hides his gun inside the phono.

For w2ise: Yes, Joel has a lot of 819 line TVs. From 1949 to 1983 all french TVs were 819 lines and/or dual standard 819/625. 625 started in 1964 with the second TV channel.

From 1937 to 1949, 441 lines was the norm. Paris did dual broadcasting in 441 and 819 until 1951 when the 441 TX caught fire.

Best Regards

jhalphen
Paris/France