http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=NBC_Films&feed=atom&action=historyNBC Films - Revision history2024-03-29T14:14:39ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=NBC_Films&diff=28172&oldid=prevTravis: Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Shadeed A. Kelly and PAV123<br/><font color="#ffa500..."2020-11-05T21:18:55Z<p>Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Shadeed A. Kelly and PAV123<br/><font color="#ffa500..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Shadeed A. Kelly and PAV123<br/><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by</font> V of Doom, Bob Fish</i></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><i>, Shadeed A. Kelly, Eric S. and lukesams</i><br/><br/><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Background</u>:</font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> NBC Films (</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">also known as "[[NBC Enterprises|NBC Enterprises, Inc.]]</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">",who would later reform in late 1970s</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">) </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">was the production/distribution arm of the NBC Television Network for NBC off-network programs originally formed in 1952. In 1973, NBC later spun-off NBC Films and later sold it including the library to [[National Telefilm Associates]] </font><font color="#333333">because it was against the FCC regulations for a television network to distribute its programs under its own name</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">. As of now, most of the library is currently handled by ViacomCBS, through [[CBS Television Distribution]] and <font color="#333333">[[Spelling Television|Spelling Television Inc.]]</font></font><font color="#333333"><font color="#333333">, except several episodes of <i>You Bet Your Life </i>by Buddy Hackett and non-public domain episodes by Groucho Marx are retained by NBCUniversal. Many others have fallen in the public domain.<br/><br/><br/></font></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333">1st Logo<br/></font></font><font size="3">(1953-1955)</font><font size="1"><br/></font><div align="center"><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="NBC Film Program (1954)" height="175" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/15597445b53b322dbc8f16e4af7fe053/GW233H175" title="NBC Film Program (1954)" width="233"/><iframe height="175" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/7b68f83e41859be74d608af756f531ceddb637da" width="219"></iframe></font></div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/><u>Nickname</u>: "Wiping Negatives"<br/><br/></font><font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: On a gray background, a series of three film negatives write themselves in, those three negatives spell the word "NBC". After the negatives reading "NBC" write themselves in letter-by-letter, the words "<b>FILM PROGRAM</b>" in another negative shaped like a bar then appear below "NBC".<br/><br/><u>Variant</u>: A still variant exists.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The writing of the negatives.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: None.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Extremely rare. This logo can be spotted on Starz Encore Westerns' prints of <i>The Adventures of Hopalong Cassidy</i> episodes "Frontier Law", "Don't Believe in Ghosts" and "Outlaw's Reward", and every episode of season 2 on Amazon Prime Video.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><br/><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" size="3">2nd Logo<br/>(1954-1961)<br/></font><font size="3"><br/><u>Nickname</u><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: "NBC Negatives"<br/></font></font><br/><font size="1"><img align="right" alt="NBC Films (1954)" height="175" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/tbZRVcopnJEKMOLHo-zp6g69714/GW233H175" title="NBC Films (1954)" width="233"/></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Logo</u><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: On a background filled with NBC negatives, a 3-D text "</font><font face="Impact">AN NBC FILM PROGRAM</font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">" zooms-in while the NBC negatives light up from one section to another. the word </font></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">"</font><font face="Impact">AN</font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">' is small on top, "</font><font face="Impact">NBC</font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">" appears in giant 3-D letters and "</font><font face="Impact">FILM</font></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Impact">PROGRAM</font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">"</font></font><font color="#333333"> appears in a 3-D code-out bar that appears to be chiseled.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The zoom-in.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The end-title theme from any show.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Availability</u>: Extinct. One of the series that had this logo was </font><i>Inner Sanctum</i><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><br/><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333">3rd Logo<br/>(1961-1966)<br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "Spinning Filmreel", "NBC Snake in a Filmreel"<br/></font></font><br/><font size="1"><img align="right" alt="NBC Films (1961)" height="175" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/66bf582a3bb86b692e0ae106c23f1b13/GW233H175" title="NBC Films (1961)" width="233"/></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Logo</u>: We see a spinning filmreel and in the middle has the NBC snake forming as the same way from the NBC cameraman logo in white. Ins</font><font color="#333333">ide the letter </font><font color="#333333">"C" has the word "FILMS" and below it has the copyright stamp.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The filmreel spinning, the NBC snake logo forming.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The end title theme from any show.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Availability</u>: Ultra rare. Seen on <i>You Bet Your Life</i> with Groucho Marx on DVD.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font><br/><br/><br/><br/>4th Logo<br/>(September 1963-1966)<br/></font><div align="center"><font size="3"><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="NBC Films-Astro Boy: 1963" height="175" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/ERkmJ9bW6TONIuClQVWGxg29515/GW233H175" title="NBC Films-Astro Boy: 1963" width="233"/><img align="bottom" alt="NBC Films (1966, Kimba the White Lion)" height="175" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/dykVHl3upzKi0AzrJ2EX2A77173/GW233H175" title="NBC Films (1966, Kimba the White Lion)" width="233"/></font></font></div><font size="3"><br/><u>Nickname</u>: "NBC Snake"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: An in-credit logo that features "<b>IN ASSOCIATION WITH</b>" and below it has the NBC snake logo and the text "<b>ENTERPRISES</b>" next to it.<br/><br/><u>Variant</u>: On <i>Kimba the White Lion</i>, it's the in-credit text: "<font face="Times">An NBC Enterprises Presentation</font>".<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: None.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The end title theme from any show.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Rare. It's seen on <i>Astro Boy </i>and <i>Kimba the White Lion </i>among other programs that has this. The former appears from time to time on Adult Swim's Toonami block.<br/><br/></font><font size="3"><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></font></div></div>Travis