Lots of hours in this one and I hope you enjoy it! Here is the forgotten tale of a long lost amazement, the Rice Electric Display Company's Fiery Roman Chariot Race animated display that debuted the night of June 18, 1910 on top of the Normandie Hotel in Herald Square on 38th Street in New York City. The first programmable alphanumeric displays are among the firsts that this massive undertaking gave to the world. Enjoy!
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I am fascinated. I wish someone would recreate this either in miniature or virtually.
Thank you for this. It's amazing stuff.
I always thought the separation footage was reproduced, not to fool anyone but to inform them
And I never suspected that there would be footage of the fuel flow
I love the shutterless strobe camera footage.
It is incredible, you would expect the first display sign to be small and dim but this looks epic. I really want to know how all these "switches" worked.
Awesome to see how the technology changed lighting
It was a real Wonder
This popped into my youtube list this morning, 2 years later. Very cool.
How did they deal with the heat of that many incandescent bulbs .
Awesome
This reminds me of the Good๐Year blimp electric night shows in the 1970s.
My guess is it was done with player piano-like rolls with smooth automotive distributor-like points which intermittently closed and opened connection between the light bulbs and generator. One set of points for each bulb, "animates" as the roll moves across the array of points. Low-tech, hi-creative.
Hey Fran! Amazing video once again. There is a buzz in the audio that really likes my headphones noise canceling. Haha maybe you missed this?
What a cool sign!
Way cool!
Wow. That is so cool. I love it. I would love to have seen That.
Thanks! Such an interesting story. That was Frantastic!
Wow, unbelievable. Almost. BTW, you used the word "reality" when you meant "constraint".