By Laurel Wakefield HISTORY OF VIDEO PRODUCTION

VIDEO CAMERA Half-Inch Reel To Reel Camera  In 1972, Akai made a premature version of a video recorder called a VCR, or a videocassette recorder. With this new invention, the VCR could hook onto the camera, and display images on the screen. People who used the VCR needed a cable to show the images they had recorded.

VIDEO CAMERA Video Cassette Camera  After a few years, in 1976, thanks to JVC, VCRs switched to VHS. That was the first shoulder-slung video camera. It was also the first VCR to use cassettes.

VIDEO CAMERA Betamax  In 1982, Sony came out with a Betamax camera along with the first VCRs. The VHS and Betamax cameras were hard to handle and carry.

FIRST CAMCORDER  Shortly after Sony introduced the Betamax format, Sony and JVC came out with the first camcorder. Along with its camcorder, JVC introduced the Mini-VHS format.

MINI-DIGITAL VIDEO CASSETTE  In the 1990s, Hitachi introduced the video digital cassette. This new format had higher quality. The video cassette was replaced by camcorders. These camcorders could record video onto DVD-Rs.

THE 1800S  : A series of photographs can be viewed by stroboscopic disc

THE 1800S  1884:George Eastman invents flexible photographic film

THE 1800S  1887: Thomas Edison patents motion picture

THE 1800S 1895:In France, motion pictures were shown to the public

THE 1900S  1907:Used ray tube to make television images

THE 1900S 1923:Patent for the iconoscope

THE 1900S 1927:Began taking films with Al Johnson in “The Jazz Singer”

THE 1930S 1930s:RCA creates black and white broadcasting experiments

THE 1930S 1936:First broadcast on television is made in London

THE 1930S  1938:George Valensi came up with the first idea for color television

1945  There were only nine working television sets in America. Four in New York, two in Chicago, two Los Angeles, and one in Philadelphia.  In October, Gimbel’s Department Store held the first large-scale television demonstration

1946  The Blue Network, which is part of NBC, becomes part of ABC  NBC and Gillette form the first known “television sports extravaganza”  In October, the Television Broadcasters Association announces that “television is ready to proceed on an expanded basis”

1947  “Howdy Doody”, a children’s show, premiered live on NBC for one-hour every Saturday  In March, FCC pushes off any final decisions about Color TV but reaffirms go-ahead on existing standards  NBC debuts “Meet The Press”, a show made for TV news

1948  “The Ed Sullivan Show”, makes its debut in June  Advertisers accept the medium: throughout the year, 933 sponsors bought TV time, a rise of 515% from the year 1947  By the fall, FCC has issued 108 licenses for new TV stations. Hundreds more applications were pending  The earliest cable systems were made in remote areas in Pennsylvania and Oregon.  The newest TV series of radio comedy is sponsored by B.F. Goodrich  In September, Milton Berle makes his TV debut on “The Texaco Star Theater”

1949  In January, the number of TV stations grows to 98  FCC adopts the Fairness Doctrine, making broadcasters responsible for finding and presenting every side of an issue while going over a controversy  U.S. Department of Commerce confirms TV’s selling power when it declares in May, +

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