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Broadcasting Baltimore Update #4: Focal Point

Only a few hundred reels of film from WJZ-TV survived. People thought video was going to replace film and switched over without knowing that videotape would be a more volatile and short-lived material. Rumor has it that decades ago while repaving the WJZ parking lot, they buried the film library under the asphalt. In the … Continue reading Broadcasting Baltimore Update #4: Focal Point

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Crystal Memories (Kristalne Uspomene)

Like many US Mid-Atlantic cities, Serbian city Zaječar was an industrial giant in the 20th century. The factory Krystal-Zaječar opened in 1974 to produce crystal that was exported to the US and all around the world. With the breakdown of the socialist system in the early 1990s, along with years of wars, inflation, bombardment, and … Continue reading Crystal Memories (Kristalne Uspomene)