• Short Summary

    Annual Conference of the National Board of Reviewers Discuss the Possibilities of Television. Footage of?

  • Description

    USA: New York:
    EXT
    People arrive at hotel / television set / Stanton Griffis (US Ambassador) talking SOT / view of crowd.

    New Jersey: Passaic:
    General view of television factory with masts on roof / small television sets completed / man along with large cathode ray tube / men working on large cathode tube.. sealing end / cathode tube being placed in sets / General view of workroom showing television sets.

    Inventions; Media; Entertainment and Leisure; United States of America; Predictions
    Background: Annual Conference of the National Board of Reviewers Discuss the Possibilities of Television. Footage of the production of television sets.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    VLVA91BAKTDBM8E1M5XXAXP5EDAXW
    Media URN:
    VLVA91BAKTDBM8E1M5XXAXP5EDAXW
    Group:
    Reuters - British Paramount Newsreel
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    23/02/1939
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:47:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

Comments (1)

  1. paulios says

    I find it fascinating to watch the glass of the tv sets being turned by hand. Can't help but romanticize the old days. My flat screens seem to barely last 3 years if I'm lucky and most tv's have clouding issues. Progress is a scam.

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