[Tig] EVENT Tomorrow-Restoration of Oldest Color Quad Tape, three others to be shown in LA

[Ted Langdell]

The UCLA Film and Tape Archives and Archivist Dan Einstein has a treat:

A chance to see—TOMORROW (Fri. July 25, 2008)—the restored version of  
television's oldest surviving color videotape along with several  
other historic Quad recordings that have been restored.

The story of the restoration of the 1958 dedication of WRC-TV's color  
facilities and several other tapes is being told on http:// 
www.quadvideotapegroup.com, a website about the first practical form  
of electronic television recording.

http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/images/C...f-WRC-Color.jpg was  
taken July 17, 2006 during a special TIGer tour of CBS Television  
City arranged by TVC Colorist David Keleshian.

Don Kent and Ed Reitan were there. They have been corresponding—just  
this month—with the website's secretary about the WRC-TV restoration  
and how it came about. More information will be posted the first week  
of August in what is a fascinating story that's part technical, part  
Hollywood.

If you're IN LA or nearby, this would be a unique opportunity to see  
how good Quad can look, even when it's 50 years old.

The location is:

The Billy Wilder Theater
UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum of Art
10899 Wilshire Blvd. (corner of Westwood Blvd,)
Los Angeles

It's three intersections EAST of the I-405 freeway. Exit at Wilshire  
and go east.

Here's what's on the program according to the UCLA Film and  
Television Archive:
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/screenings/screenings.html *(see link at  
"Preservationists Choice")

Friday July 25 2008, 7:30PM ( Free Admission )

See link on TIG Forum Announcements:

http://www.colorist.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=24

Hope to see some of you there.

Ted

Ted Langdell
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