Very First Half-Inch Videotape Festival Ever, The

09/08/1986

Tape #4

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Program: Very First Half-Inch Videotape Festival Ever, The
Program Description: For this work video makers using the portapak were invited to bring their works into the WGBH studio, where the pieces were played back from and shot off of monitors. Host Russell Connors and others interviewed participants (including representatives of Top Value Television and a young Bill Viola) about their work. Television viewers were encouraged to call into the station with their comments and were given contact information for the participants. The work shown represents the explosion in the use of video after the invention of the portapak.
Asset Type: Broadcast program
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Interviews; Live television programs; Video equipment; Video recordings
Genres: Talk Show
Topics: Film and Television
Creators: Becton, Henry (Producer); Chiesa, Dorothy (Producer); Atwood, David (Director)
Contributors: Connor, Russell ()
Citation: Chicago: “Very First Half-Inch Videotape Festival Ever, The,” 09/08/1986, GBH Archives, accessed April 18, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_619E0EA852374323BA94BB092C54689A.; MLA: “Very First Half-Inch Videotape Festival Ever, The.” 09/08/1986. GBH Archives. Web. April 18, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_619E0EA852374323BA94BB092C54689A>.; APA: Very First Half-Inch Videotape Festival Ever, The. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_619E0EA852374323BA94BB092C54689A

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