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Ray Forrest on his first job as a junior radio announcer and why he finally joined AFRA (the precursor to AFTRA) 02:09
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: First Big Break
On the shows he worked on as a junior radio announcer at NBC; on his first job as an announcer for experimental NBC TV in New York; on studio 3H - NBC's experimental television studio; on early TV equipment; on how the public first reacted to television 14:49
Interview: Ray Forrest
On early television makeup; on an early TV news simulcast with Lowell Thomas and Thomas' beard being problematic on camera; on subbing for Lowell Thomas in studio; on problematic cables in early TV studios and doing dramatic teleplays on Friday nights; on Broadway actors adjusting to television; on working with early NBC television program manager Warren Wade; on Dinah Shore suffering under the hot lights of early television 12:54
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on an early TV news simulcast with Lowell Thomas and Thomas' beard being problematic on camera; on subbing for Lowell Thomas in studio 04:14
Interview: Ray Forrest | Genre: News and Documentary
Ray Forrest on the shows he worked on as a junior radio announcer at NBC -- NBC Symphony Orchestra with Arturo Toscanini 01:53
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Arturo Toscanini
Ray Forrest on the effort and money that David Sarnoff put into NBC experimental television 01:32
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: David Sarnoff
Ray Forrest on studio 3H - NBC's experimental television studio, lighting engineer Bill Eddy, and the heat generated by early TV lights 02:36
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Bill Eddy
Ray Forrest on an early TV news simulcast with Lowell Thomas and Thomas' beard being problematic on camera; on subbing for Lowell Thomas in studio 04:14
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Lowell Thomas
Ray Forrest on working with early NBC television program manager Warren Wade 01:00
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Warren Wade
Ray Forrest on Dinah Shore suffering under the hot lights of early television 01:44
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Dinah Shore
Ray Forrest on his first job as a junior radio announcer at NBC and on why he changed his name from "Feurestein" to "Forrest" 02:19
Interview: Ray Forrest | Profession: Announcer
Ray Forrest on his first job as a junior radio announcer at NBC and on why he changed his name from "Feurestein" to "Forrest" 02:19
Interview: Ray Forrest | Profession: Hosts
Ray Forrest on the shows he worked on as a junior radio announcer at NBC 02:09
Interview: Ray Forrest | Profession: Announcer
Ray Forrest on the shows he worked on as a junior radio announcer at NBC 02:09
Interview: Ray Forrest | Profession: Hosts
Ray Forrest on most early television announcers not being happy to leave radio - they made money from commercials and television did not have commercials until 1941 00:51
Interview: Ray Forrest | Profession: Announcer
Ray Forrest on most early television announcers not being happy to leave radio - they made money from commercials and television did not have commercials until 1941 00:51
Interview: Ray Forrest | Profession: Hosts
Ray Forrest on his first big TV job -- interviewing the stars of Gone with the Wind 00:56
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on studio 3H - NBC's experimental television studio, lighting engineer Bill Eddy, and the heat generated by early TV lights 02:36
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on early television makeup and getting Lowell Thomas to wear makeup 05:23
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on problematic cables in early TV studios and doing dramatic teleplays on Friday nights 02:25
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on getting hired to work for NBC experimental television (1939-1942) 03:24
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Television Industry
Ray Forrest on his sign-on for NBC experimental television -- before commercial television in 1941 00:58
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Advertising and Sponsorship
Ray Forrest on his sign-on for NBC experimental television -- before commercial television in 1941 00:58
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Television Industry
Ray Forrest on how hot early TV cameras were -- and how they were made cooler by painting them aluminum instead of black 00:38
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Technological Innovation
On directing NBC Opera Theatre; on directing a Brooklyn Dodgers baseball game; on directing Your Hit Parade 10:56
Interview: E. Roger Muir
On the beginning of Howdy Doody; on the studio audience of Howdy Doody, which was made up of children, and on becoming producer of the show; on the introduction of the first "Howdy Doody" puppet on Howdy Doody, and on "Howdy" running for president 18:30
Interview: E. Roger Muir
E. Roger Muir on directing a Brooklyn Dodgers baseball game 03:49
Interview: E. Roger Muir | Genre: Sports
E. Roger Muir on directing NBC Opera Theatre 04:35
Interview: E. Roger Muir | Genre: Music Shows & Variety Shows/Specials