RCA Television History Manufacturing Historical Vintage 1940's -1950's Films DVD

Description: Please read & note: This is a Rights holding DVD created & produced by me and is not factory made or sealed. I strive to produce the best DVD's possible from the sometimes VERY old Public Domain material. Films that are public domain are unpreserved and not professionally remastered. I remaster all of my films myself to the best possible quality achievable. My DVDs are not the quality of todays Modern DVDs or Bluray discs. If you are looking for this kind of quality then these discs are not for you.Please note this when purchasing, but also know that all of the films are very watchable. All pictures are actual screen captures from the DVDs. To keep my prices as low as possible all my DVDs are delivered in plain paper DVD sleeves and the DVDs title will be labeled on the back of the DVD envelope. (See picture) All of my DVD's come with a menu for easy film selection. Total runtime of this DVD is 102 minutes. Item specifics are: Film 1: "The Reasons Why" (1959) COLOR Runtime 26 minutes Television manufacturing at RCA's New Jersey plant. Includes scenes of design, engineering and quality control. Great scenes of TVs with flickering test patterns. Nowadays, when you see a RCA TV, look at the back and see where's the units are made, and it NOT in N.J. Do we see any more finished cabinetry for our TV's? Do we see any sort of craftmanship in the TV's that we have today? Does our TV's today have either a 8inch or 10inch speaker firing toward us with tonal variation, high fidelity sound? If we go to the labs, do we see white shirt employees, or just laborers in blue anti-static smocks grunting over an assembly line earning pennies per day. Sorry, black plastic cabinetry, electronic tuning, wimpy sound, and what have you isn't called "quality". Yet, RCA was the leader in TV market, with Zenith, Curtis Mathes, Fisher, all running behind real close. Film 2: "A Welcome Guest in the House" (1957) B&W Runtime 23 minutes Tribute to television as servant of the public in the Cold War era. Wickedly ironic piece (but totally straight) about how wonderful Television is to entertain our children about Communism, the Hungarian revolution, prison riots and other heartwarming stories! Let's plop him down in front of the TV rather then him doing creative stuff outside! Honestly, I thought this whole film was pulling my leg, when in fact the sponsors of this film (which look like they meet in someone's living room) is being serious about this. So parents, call jimmy in from his playtime (wherever you are, since there's no hint of parental supervision at all in this one) and plop him down to watch tornado coverage!! Plenty of cool early tv bits. Film 3: "The Story of Television" (1956) B&W And COLOR Runtime 25 minutes RCA's corporate history of pre-1956 developments in television. Shows efforts of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in the creation, development and introduction of the all-electronic TV system; explains how science made television a working reality. David Sarnoff tells of the early research and experiments. Shown is the first successful picture tube, the first experimental TV station, the problems of improving picture quality and reducing the size and cost of components at the transmitting and receiving ends, and the function of mobile units. Actual scenes from TV "firsts" are included -- President Roosevelt opening the 1939 New York World's Fair, the visit of the King and Queen of England, and the 1940 Republican Convention in Philadelphia. Animated diagrams demonstrate how a TV camera converts electronic beams into a picture. Film 4: "Television Tomorrow" B&W Runtime 12 minutes Great film showing the earlier making of television, good shots of the hunkie heavy big studio equipment they used to use. I wonder what they would of thought of TV cameras small enough to hold in your hand back then. Film 5: "Magic in the Air" (1941) B&W Runtime 8 minutes How TV works and the promise of its youth. A great flick to watch if you have any connections with the television. The shots from the director's booth are absolutely wonderful, and it's moving in a weird way to hear the announcer say: "Here's one of the very first images received by the television. Compare that crude image with that of today's!" as we see blurry Felix the Cat change into a beautiful blonde... Yes, they thought they had come of age. Film 6: "Magic in the Air" (1955) B&W Runtime 8 minutes Introduces television and explains the workings of early television technology. This is a well done film about television in the 50s. It is a good laymans view of the process, with some interesting insights. The comparison to the car is a bit strange till you realize General Motors sponsored the film. The football fan in the beginning is going to be bummed when he turns on the game at home and finds it is not in color. I claim ownership and rights to this media. All the films on this DVD have been researched and are copyright free or the copyrights have expired due to non renewal.

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