1968 - NBC TV PROMO - "NBC The Full Color Network"

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A promo for the show "American Profile: Home Country, USA"

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  • I love the "look" of that old colo(u)r videotape.

  • @fromthesidelines really?, I didn't notice that

  • Fred Collins was an NBC staff announcer from the late '40s through the early '80s, 'Sheri'- he later moved to ABC, and retired a few years ago.

  • @fromthesidelines

    who's Fred Collins?

  • @fromthesidelines - Thanks for the confirmation. I also seek to clarify that this graphic arrangement had been used from the time NBC first positioned itself as "The Full Color Network" in fall 1965; 1967-68 was the last season this kind of layout was used. After 1968-69, NBC shifted to use of Helvetica Medium for its on-air promos.

  • That was Fred Collins, 'wm'.

  • "American Profile: Home Country, USA," narrated by Chet Huntley, originally aired in that time slot on April 5, 1968 and was repeated at the same time on July 5, 1968. It sounds like the voiceover was Fred Collins. (The use of Melior Italic [for times and "The Full Color Network"; Melior Bold for show titles) by NBC was de rigueur in 1967-68; it was the following season that they began using Helvetica Medium for their on-air promos, and putting the "snake" logo in a box.)

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