The Forgotten War for Color Television

Filmmaker IQ February 1, 2020
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Consider supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Today we know that 29.97 fps is a hallmark of NTSC video. We may even know the mathematical reasoning behind it. But the war for color television that birthed that oddball number, a war that raged for over a decade and left an imprint on the soul of electronic moving pictures has been largely forgotten... This retelling owes a great deal to an article posted at the Museum of Early Television https://www.earlytelevision.org/color_tv_cooper.html Other resources: Compatible Color: The Ultimate Three-For-One Special https://youtu.be/InrDRGTPqnE The Math involved: Why is TV 29.97 frames per second? https://youtu.be/3GJUM6pCpew Goldmark 1 demo https://youtu.be/5r5LWmwnMmY NBC Tournament of the Roses Parade 1954 https://youtu.be/tUv61P2_05o BBC2 Goes Colour | 25th Anniversary, David Attenborough https://youtu.be/yN6lH85YdY8 #TelevisionHistory #ColorTelevision #FrameRate #NTSC #History