kinescopes

Filmed television broadcasts

Kinescopes are recordings of television broadcasts made by filming the screen of a cathode ray tube.

Before videotape became standard in the late 1950s, this was the only way to preserve live TV programs: Many early episodes survive only as kinescopes.

The term also refers to the picture tube itself in early television sets.

recording-process

monitor

Display or supervisor

cameraImage capturing device
captureTake into custody
phosphorLight-emitting coating substance

exposure · synchronization · shutter · grain · contrast · transcription · duplication · copy · reproduction · footage

historical

1950s

Decade after WWII

black-and-whiteWithout color gradations
teleplaysWritten works for television

archival

preservation

Maintaining something's condition

restorationReturning something to condition
catalogingSystematic organization into records
digitizationAnalog-to-electronic transformation

conservation · repository · archives · heritage · provenance · curator · deterioration · nitrate · acetate · vault

broadcasting

transmission

Sending of information

networkInterconnected system
airwavesRadio frequency spectrum
telecastTransmitted television program

programming · studio · affiliate · simulcast · feed · signal · antenna · tower · relay · station

collectible

rare

Seldom found or seen

vintageQuality from past eras
memorabiliaCollected items of significance
auctionCompetitive public sale

collector · estate-sale · discovery · ephemera · nostalgia · antique · relic · artifact · find · acquisition

Opposites

recording technology

kinescopesvideotape

Magnetic film storage

magnetic tape · digital recording · digital video · HD video · Betamax

broadcast temporality

kinescopeslive broadcasts

Programs transmitted instantaneously

temporal/technological era

kinescopesHD video

High-resolution moving images

cloud storage · streaming media · Blu-ray

Family

kinescope

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G