Uncle Sam's Television 1940

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Description

Titles read: "UNCLE SAM'S TELEVISION".

United States of America.

Long item showing the development of American television. People gather around a television set in a living room at a 'Tele Party' - view of the New York World's Fair is on the screen. Various shots of TV sets being assembled...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15781
Sort Number:
PT 555
Time in/Out:
01:24:00:00 / 01:28:09:00
Canister:
PT 555
Film ID:
1210.15
Issue Date:
18/11/1940

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