1.
LV.PEOPLE LINING UP AT TV. DISTRIBUTING CENTRE.
0.05

2.
GTV. PEOPLE LINING UP AT TV. DISTRIBUTING CENTRE.
0.09

3.
GV.PACKING CASES CONTAINING TV SETS FOR DISTRIBUTION.
0.13

4.
SCU.PACKING CASE WITH "MADE IN JAPAN".
0.16

5.
GV.PEOPLE COLLECTING TV SETS.
0.20

6.
SV. TV SETS. (2 SHOTS)
0.25

7.
SV.PACKING CASES WITH AERIALS.
0.29

8.
SV.MEN CARRYING PACKING CASES.
0.35

9.
GV. CROWD.
0.37

10.
GV.PEOPLE CROWDING AROUND PACKING CASE.
0.40

11.
SV.PEOPLE AROUND TV SET.
0.43

12.
SV. CROWD.
0.47

13.
GV.PAN..MAN CARRYING AWAY TV SET ON BACK.
0.53

14.
LV's & SV's.. TV AERIALS (3 SHOTS).
1.02

15.
STV.INT..FAMILY
1.05

16.
STV. FAMILY.
1.08

17.
SCU. PEOPLE LAUGHING.
1.11

18.
SCU.TWO SMALL BOYS LAUGHING.
1.15

19.
CU. TV SCREEN.
1.19

20.
LV.MAIN BROADCASTING AERIAL KBS TV.
1.23

21.
GV.MAIN STUDIOS OF KBS TV.
1.26

22.
CU.SIGN "KBS TV".
1.29

23.
GV.STUDIO STAFF DURING CHILDREN'S HOUR PROGRAMME.
1.34

24.
SV.CAMERA WITH OPERATOR.
1.37

25.
SLV.SMALL GIRL ON SET DURING BROADCAST.
1.38

26.
GV.TV SET (STUDIO).
1.41



Initials TDH/S/MGT/FG



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Background: CITIZENS OF SEOUL QUEUED OUTSIDE A GOVERNMENT DISTRIBUTION CENTRE JAN 15 TO BUY SPECIAL LOW-PRICED TELEVISION RECEIVERS. THE SCHEME WAS DEVISED BY THE SOUTH KOREAN MINISTRY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, 80 THAT PROGRAMMES BROADCAST BY THE NEWLY OPENED GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED TELEVISION STATION WOULD RECEIVE A WIDER AUDIENCE.

THE TELEVISION RECEIVERS - ABOUT 7,000 OF THEM - ARE OF JAPANESE MANUFACTURE, AND A LAW WAS PASSED EXEMPTING THE SETS FROM THE CUSTOMARY IMPORT DUTY SO THAT SOUTH KOREANS COULD BUY THEM AT A LOWER PRICE - ON THE INSTALMENT PLAN OVER FIVE TO TEN MONTHS.

TELEVISION IS NOT NEW TO SOUTH KOREA. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PREVIOUS KOREAN STATION - HLKZ-TV - WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE THREE YEARS AGO, AND UNTIL THE NEW STATION OPENED THERE WAS ONLY THE AMERICAN FORCES (KOREA) NETWORK TV, BROADCASTING AMERICAN PROGRAMMED TO US SERVICEMEN IN SOUTH KOREA. NOW, HOWEVER, THE NEW KOREAN BROADCASTING SYSTEM (KBS) WILL BROADCAST PROGRAMMES DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE NATIONAL TASTE.