kinescope
/ˈkɪnəˌskoʊp/
noun
- A recording of a television program made by filming the picture on a television screen, used especially in the early days of television.
- Many early TV shows survive only as kinescopes because videotape hadn't been invented yet.
- The museum has a kinescope of the famous 1950s broadcast.
- Restoring a kinescope is difficult because the film quality is often poor.