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Ray Forrest on being told that he was getting transferred back to radio announcing for Pat Kelly, quitting, then getting asked to host Children's Theater on Saturday mornings 06:01
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Pat Kelly
Ray Forrest on introducing theater television and the experimental color shows out of Princeton, New Jersey 01:20
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on introducing the experimental color shows out of Princeton, New Jersey 02:26
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on announcing television's first regularly scheduled variety show, Hour Glass, and working with James Beard 00:30
Interview: Ray Forrest | Show: Hour Glass
Ray Forrest on doing the warm-up for Texaco Star Theater 01:14
Interview: Ray Forrest | Show: Texaco Star Theater
Ray Forrest on introducing a Joe Louis fight on The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports 00:44
Interview: Ray Forrest | Show: Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, The
Ray Forrest on The Tex and Jinx Show replacing Children's Theater 01:14
Interview: Ray Forrest | Show: Tex and Jinx Show, The
Ray Forrest on hosting Children's Theater -- a children's television program composed of films, c. 1949-1951 and likely TV's first educational program 06:06
Interview: Ray Forrest | Show: Children's Theater
Ray Forrest on being told that he was getting transferred back to radio announcing for Pat Kelly, quitting, then getting asked to host Children's Theater on Saturday mornings -- NBC's first Saturday television programming 05:49
Interview: Ray Forrest | Show: Children's Theater
Ray Forrest on working for the Signal Corps during World War II and then joining the OSS (because he spoke fluent German), and getting into a serious vehicle accident 06:02
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Ray Forrest on working for the Signal Corps during World War II and then joining the OSS (because he spoke fluent German), and getting into a serious vehicle accident 06:02
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: War
Ray Forrest on working for the Signal Corps during World War II and then joining the OSS (because he spoke fluent German), and getting into a serious vehicle accident 06:02
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: World War II
Ray Forrest on visiting the TV station and appearing on television in uniform during World War II 01:04
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: World War II
Ray Forrest on visiting the TV station and appearing on television in uniform during World War II 01:04
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: War
Ray Forrest on visiting the TV station and appearing on television in uniform during World War II 01:04
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Ray Forrest on returning to NBC TV (WNBT) after World War II and how the station had changed 02:16
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Television Industry
Ray Forrest on how TV camera technology changed quickly and on using the image orthicon cameras 00:56
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Technological Innovation
Ray Forrest on the business of television after World War II 00:27
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Television Industry
Ray Forrest on introducing the experimental color shows out of Princeton, New Jersey 01:09
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Technological Innovation
On his film work (including underwater films) for the Saturday version of Children's Theater; on the awards Children's Theater won; on how long Children's Theater lasted on air and the cost of doing the show in color; on introducing films for a syndicated TV program; on leaving the television industry; on his thoughts on television today; on the importance of his work on television; on the power of television 07:51
Interview: Ray Forrest
On people he worked with in television; on having a children's gallery on the later version of Children's Theater and on successful promotions on the show 09:09
Interview: Ray Forrest
On B-roll photos from his career: of him doing an early newscast; of early NBC cameraman Joe Conn; of him interviewing Leo Rosenberg - radio's first announcer; of the NBC remote TV truck around 1940; of Belmont Park circa 1940; of Jamaica arena; of the 1940 Republican convention - the first televised convention and the first networked program; of the first on-air, live commercial for television -- for Adam Hats on July 4, 1941; of NBC's first TV shoot in a submarine; of a class on a field trip with him -- the footage of which would air on Children's Theater; of him with Milton Berle at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, circa 1948/'49; of a postcard given out on the NBC tour in the early days of television 11:05
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on his film work (including underwater films) for the Saturday version of Children's Theatre 01:44
Interview: Ray Forrest | Genre: Children's Programming
Ray Forrest on the awards Children's Theatre won 57:36
Interview: Ray Forrest | Genre: Children's Programming
Ray Forrest on people he worked with in television - Abe Schechter 00:33
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Abe Schechter
Ray Forrest on people he worked with in television - Bill Eddy, who started modern lighting for television 00:57
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Bill Eddy
Ray Forrest on people he worked with in radio - Eddie Albert 00:22
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Eddie Albert
Ray Forrest on people he worked with in television - Warren Wade 00:25
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Warren Wade
Ray Forrest on how Bob Keeshan became "Clarabell the Clown" on Howdy Doody 00:57
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Bob Keeshan
Ray Forrest on people he worked with in television - Tom Hutchinson 00:26
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Tom Hutchinson