1954 Color TV ID

[Hagstar]

Getty recently demanded a $120- payment from a photographer for posting her own photo on her own website. It turned out they have made literally billions of dollars claiming copyrights on and selling "rights" to public domain images. And so they are being sued by said photographer for one billion dollars.

So it's probably fake

John H.

[etype2]

Originally Posted by Hagstar

Getty recently demanded a $120- payment from a photographer for posting her own photo on her own website. It turned out they have made literally billions of dollars claiming copyrights on and selling "rights" to public domain images. And so they are being sued by said photographer for one billion dollars.

So it's probably fake

John H.

The source of the photo is attributed to Radio Times Hulton Picture Library per the ETF site. It is also well documented by many sources that at least two Chromatrons were at the children's hospital displaying closed circuit color images of the coronation in 1953.

If you Google "Pye", you will find photos of the color camera used for the closed circuit color telecast to the two Chromatrons at the hospital.

Why would this image be a fake? What would be the motivation to fake the photo?

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by etype2

Why would this image be a fake? What would be the motivation to fake the photo?

Because it would be MUCH easier to create this photo as a fake than to actually have a full color TV system running and capture this posed and carefully lighted scene.

[etype2]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

Because it would be MUCH easier to create this photo as a fake than to actually have a full color TV system running and capture this posed and carefully lighted scene.

I can accept the hypothesis that it would be easier to stage the color transmission to the set. Either the cameras would need to be on scene or close by to transmit the images. And yes, the people were positioned for the photo just as many other similar photos like this were "set up".

I can just as easily accept the fact that the image is real based on what we know about Pye and the fact they were working on an experimental color system at this time. We also know they coordinated with Chomatic Labratory and transmitted the color telecast by closed circuit in 1953 to at least two Chromatrons set up in the children's hospital.

Real image on that set in the photo or not, we know that at least two Chromatron televisions were operating in London in 1953 about the same time as the photo was purported to be taken.