NBC Films

NBC Films (also known as "NBC Enterprises", which would later reform in the late 1970s) was the domestic off-network production/distribution arm of the National Broadcasting Company, originally founded in 1952. Eventually, in 1973, the arm was spun off and sold alongside the library to National Telefilm Associates, following the imposition of the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules three years earlier.

Currently, most of the library is distributed by Skydance Corporation (via CBS Media Ventures), except for several episodes of You Bet Your Life with Buddy Hackett and Groucho Marx (fully distributed by NBCUniversal). Many of the other material distributed by the company, including certain Groucho Marx episodes of said show, has fallen in the public domain.

1st Logo (December 18, 1953-1955)

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Visuals: On a gray background, a series of three filmstrips draw themselves in, spelling the letters "NBC". After all three filmstrips are on-screen, a straight filmstrip with the words "FILM PROGRAM" appears below them.

Variant: A still variant exists.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: None.

Availability: This logo can be spotted on Starz Encore Westerns' prints of The Adventures of Hopalong Cassidy episodes "Frontier Law", "Don't Believe in Ghosts" and "Outlaw's Reward", and every episode of season 2 on Amazon Prime Video.

2nd Logo (January 9, 1954-1961)

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Visuals: On a background filled with filmstrips with the letters "NBC" inside, the text "AN NBC FILM PROGRAM" in 3D zooms in while the NBC filmstrips light up from one section to another. The word "AN" is small and on top, "NBC" appears in giant 3D letters and "FILM PROGRAM" appears to be chiseled on a 3D bar.

Technique: Simple lighting and zooming effects.

Audio: The end title theme from the respective show.

Availability: One of the series that had this logo was Inner Sanctum and His Honor, Homer Bell.

3rd Logo (September 22, 1960-1966)

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Visuals: There is a spinning filmreel with the NBC snake forming in the middle just like in the NBC cameraman logo. Inside the letter "C" is the word "FILMS" and the copyright stamp is below the logo.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: The end title theme from the respective show.

Availability: Seen on You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx on DVD.