Exact moment when news station switches from black and white to color TV for the first time

https://youtu.be/N4qzfS_Y2q4

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Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y

That is so cool thank you for sharing.

jim@programming.dev · 7 pts · 3y (3 replies)

That's pretty neat. I wonder if they had to switch sets because backgrounds for black and white shows used exaggerated colors to improve the contrast.

See The Addams Family set below.

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BlueDiamond@rammy.site · 2 pts · 3y

I remember how mind blown i was when I saw that photo & learned that red shows darker than black in b&w film. So cool

PotjiePig@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Thats so cool. Thanks for sharing.

BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

And, of course, people remember how bright and colorful the set of the original Star Trek was, and the costumes, too!

NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

This post made me go down a bit of a rabbit role about colour TVs...

TIL Thunderbirds was recorded 4 years before it could be broadcasted in colour in the UK on ITV.

The History of Colour TV in the UK