Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (partially lost widescreen versions of NBC broadcasts of parade; 2005-2011): Difference between revisions

From The Lost Media Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
No edit summary
 
(37 intermediate revisions by 10 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{InfoboxLost
{{InfoboxLost
|title=<center>Sesame Street episode 847</center>
|title=<center>Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (partially lost widescreen coverages)</center>
|image=Snoopy2008.png
|image=Snoopy2008.png
|imagecaption=The Snoopy as the Flying Ace balloon on the 2008 NBC telecast.
|imagecaption=The Snoopy as the Flying Ace balloon, on the 2008 NBC telecast.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span>
}}
}}
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade needs absolutely no introduction. Spanning an over 95-year history, the parade has been loved by children and adults alike. Many American's also watch the official NBC broadcast of the parade. While most are found, some are also lost. What is interesting, however, '''is that even the widescreen cuts of parades can be considered lost media.'''
 
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade needs absolutely no introduction. Spanning an over 99-year history, the Parade has become a Thanksgiving tradition for millions of people around the United States, and indeed internationally. One reason for its wide appeal is its annual NBC broadcast, which is also aired around the globe. While most of the official broadcasts are available to watch online, some of their widescreen counterparts remain lost.


==Availability==
==Availability==
Since 2005, '''NBC has broadcasted the Parade in widescreen.''' While 2012-present are viewable in full in widescreen on YouTube, the same can not be said for the 2005-2011 parades, as most of those in that timeframe can't be viewed in full online. Most people were not using Widescreen TVs at the time, making the 2009-2011 parades more likely to be found than the 2005-2008 parades. Only a handful of clips have made their way to YouTube, implying that they still exist. The only one that is viewable in full that is widescreen is the 2007 Parade, having been uploaded originally by FraggleVision Returns under her Major League Pong Gods account, but being squished from 16:9 into 4:3. The 2007 broadcast stayed like that until 2021 when user JuggleBuggle would upload the balloons in widescreen to his YouTube account. Later in 2022, he would upload the rest of the parade in widescreen.
Since 2005, '''the NBC has broadcasted the parade in both widescreen and high-definition'''. Prior to this, the parade had only been broadcast in standard definition full-screen. While widescreen copies of every broadcast from 2007 onward have been found, the first two coverages broadcast in widescreen - 2005 and 2006 - remain lost, though several clips of both have shown up online, implying their existence in some capacity. The widescreen copy of 2007 was first uploaded by FraggleVisionReturns under her MajorLeaguePongGods account; however, the upload was "squished" from 16:9 into 4:3. In 2021, parade community member JuggleBuggle stretched the upload of the broadcast into its original dimensions, though they would only upload the balloons for storage reasons. They later uploaded the entire copy, edited to fit the original aspect ration dimensions.
 
On October 31<sup>st</sup>, 2022, Larsenv uploaded the widescreen NBC broadcasts of the 2010 and 2011 parades in full, in addition to the CBS feeds for each from Usenet. Later, on December 22nd, 2022, Racelympics uploaded the 2008 NBC broadcast to Google Drive after finding it on Usenet again. It was later re-uploaded to the Internet Archive by LunarRocks. Four days later, Racelympics also uploaded the 2009 NBC broadcast to the Internet Archive, becoming the third of the broadcasts to be found in HD and widescreen.
 


==List of Parades==
==List of parade coverages==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!#!!Year!!Status!!Notes
!#!!Year!!Status
|-
|01||2005||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''
|-
|-
|01||2005||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''||
|02||2006||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''
|-
|-
|02||2006||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''||
|03||2007||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRw5K_oNE0g <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|03||2007||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''||
|04||2008||[https://archive.org/details/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-2008 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|04||2008||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''||
|05||2009||[https://archive.org/details/the-83rd-annual-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|05||2009||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''||
|06||2010||[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yWAJsYKQ--8_8IX-xwd9p_Kuk7PyXrV2 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|06||2010||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''||Some clips exist.
|07||2011|||[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NBlk6pZ7rereGF_v9kaLdfLpIkTkcBLP <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|07||2011||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''||A good chunk of 2011 can be viewed online that's widescreen.
|}
|}
=Gallery=
=Gallery=
===Videos===
===Videos===
{{Video|perrow =4
{{Video|perrow =4
   |service1    =youtube
   |service1    =youtube
   |id1          =lRw5K_oNE0g
   |id1          =lRw5K_oNE0g
   |description1 =The 2007 Parade, in all it's widescreen glory.
   |description1 =The 2007 parade telecast in widescreen.
   |service2    =youtube
   |service2    =youtube
   |id2          =ejkTQ51b1Zo
   |id2          =ejkTQ51b1Zo
   |description2 =Rick Astley's infamous appearance in the 2008 Parade.
   |description2 =Rick Astley's infamous appearance at the 2008 parade.
   |service3    =youtube
   |service3    =youtube
   |id3          =ehlXz4XfNuo
   |id3          =ehlXz4XfNuo
   |description3 =The balloons of the 2011 Parade.
   |description3 =The giant balloons of the 2011 parade.
   |service4    =youtube
   |service4    =youtube
   |id4          =qYuxmJ4KPNM
   |id4          =qYuxmJ4KPNM
   |description4 =An extremely low quality clip of the 2006 Parade.
   |description4 =An extremely low-quality clip of the 2006 parade telecast.
}}
}}
==See Also==
*[[1939 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (lost experimental NBC broadcast of parade; 1939)]]
*[[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (partially found NBC broadcasts of parade; 1953-1980)]]
*[[1982 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (found NBC broadcast of parade; 1982)]]
*[[1989 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (found NBC broadcast of parade; 1989)]]
*[[1998 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (found NBC broadcast of parade; 1998)]]
*[[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (lost production material of cancelled film adaptation of annual event; 2011)]]
*[[Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular (partially found TV broadcasts of event; 1991-present)]]
[[Category:Lost TV]]
[[Category:Partially lost media]]

Latest revision as of 13:19, 12 January 2024

Snoopy2008.png

The Snoopy as the Flying Ace balloon, on the 2008 NBC telecast.

Status: Partially Lost


The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade needs absolutely no introduction. Spanning an over 99-year history, the Parade has become a Thanksgiving tradition for millions of people around the United States, and indeed internationally. One reason for its wide appeal is its annual NBC broadcast, which is also aired around the globe. While most of the official broadcasts are available to watch online, some of their widescreen counterparts remain lost.

Availability

Since 2005, the NBC has broadcasted the parade in both widescreen and high-definition. Prior to this, the parade had only been broadcast in standard definition full-screen. While widescreen copies of every broadcast from 2007 onward have been found, the first two coverages broadcast in widescreen - 2005 and 2006 - remain lost, though several clips of both have shown up online, implying their existence in some capacity. The widescreen copy of 2007 was first uploaded by FraggleVisionReturns under her MajorLeaguePongGods account; however, the upload was "squished" from 16:9 into 4:3. In 2021, parade community member JuggleBuggle stretched the upload of the broadcast into its original dimensions, though they would only upload the balloons for storage reasons. They later uploaded the entire copy, edited to fit the original aspect ration dimensions.

On October 31st, 2022, Larsenv uploaded the widescreen NBC broadcasts of the 2010 and 2011 parades in full, in addition to the CBS feeds for each from Usenet. Later, on December 22nd, 2022, Racelympics uploaded the 2008 NBC broadcast to Google Drive after finding it on Usenet again. It was later re-uploaded to the Internet Archive by LunarRocks. Four days later, Racelympics also uploaded the 2009 NBC broadcast to the Internet Archive, becoming the third of the broadcasts to be found in HD and widescreen.


List of parade coverages

# Year Status
01 2005 Partially Found
02 2006 Partially Found
03 2007 Found
04 2008 Found
05 2009 Found
06 2010 Found
07 2011 Found

Gallery

Videos

The 2007 parade telecast in widescreen.

Rick Astley's infamous appearance at the 2008 parade.

The giant balloons of the 2011 parade.

An extremely low-quality clip of the 2006 parade telecast.

See Also

Retrieved from "https://lostmediawiki.com/w/index.php?title=Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade_(partially_lost_widescreen_versions_of_NBC_broadcasts_of_parade;_2005-2011)&oldid=251271"