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Press Camera
Compared to technical cameras, press cameras do not have the range of swing/tilt movements of the front standard, and rarely have back movements due to the fact that many were fitted with focal plane shutters. Press cameras were largely superseded by the 6x6cm medium format Rolleiflex in the early to mid-1960s and later bysingle-lens reflex cameras. -
TV
It was in the 1950s, when the television started influencing the lives of the common men. There were three major broadcasters of television programs in the 1950s, namely ABC, CBS and NBC. All of them broadcasted shows and programs which targeted the same audience. -
Computer
The corresponding contract was signed in the fall of 1949, and the machine reassembled in Zurich after its arrival in July 1950.
The Z4 was replaced by ERMETH, a computer developed at the ETH in Switzerland from 1953 to 1956, one of the first electronic computers on the European continent. -
Video Tape Recorder
The electronics division of entertainer Bing Crosby's production company, Bing Crosby Enterprises (BCE), gave the world's first demonstration of a videotape recording in Los Angeles on November 11, 1951. Developed by John T. Mullin and Wayne R. Johnson since 1950, the device gave what were described as "blurred and indistinct" images using a modified Ampex 200 tape recorder and standard quarter-inch (0.6 cm) audio tape moving at 360 inches (9.1 m) per second. -
Telephone
Millions of model 500-series phones were produced and were present in almost every home in North America. Many are still in use today because of their durability and ample availability.
