WWII on TV (during the war)
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Thor-Delta — 13 years ago(February 05, 2013 02:04 AM)
I don't know much about the history of TV news, so I can't answer. The modern-style newscast didn't come until the late-1940s, though.
The oldest surviving US newscasts come from 1949 (oldest surviving UK newscasts, which were closer to a television newsreel, comes from around 1953 or so).
Here's a 1949 NBC newscast:
http://archive.org/details/NbcNews17march1949
Additionally, there are some surviving kinescope recordings of late-1940s current-affairs/discussion programs (the oldest that I know of is a 7 December 1948 episode of "The People's Platform").
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opryphantom1 — 13 years ago(March 03, 2013 04:12 PM)
I remember Edwards a bit later. Was Cronkite the guy that came after him? I know Murrow was around,and there was a problem with Bob Trout not taking over at that time.
p.s. John Cameron Swayze was the guy at NBC before Huntley\Brinkley took over.
I forget the ABC guy's name; didn't he later host a game show? Seems like ages ago ;-\ -
jaynashvil — 12 years ago(May 27, 2013 02:50 PM)
The networks telecast the Republican and Democratic National Conventions for the first time in 1948. They were held in Philedelphia, which was one of the few cities connected by coaxial cable, so they could be televised live. A couple of interesting stories about the telecasts:
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-06-27/features/1998178047_1_convention-activities-national-conventions-convention-in-philadelphia
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500164_162-219251.html
and actual clips from NBC's TV coverage survive and are here:
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persen1 — 12 years ago(September 29, 2013 07:14 AM)
In Europe, one television station did broadcast durring WW2:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehsender_Paul_Nipkow
Interestingly, it was rarely used for Nazi propaganda, but that was because Goebbels preffered to spread his propaganda garbage on radio. -
Thor-Delta — 12 years ago(September 30, 2013 02:03 AM)
I read about a filmed (not live) music broadcast from 1944 called
Hymn of the Nations
, which was related to WW2. The Paley Center for Media lists it on their site, so it might still be extant.
http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=hymn+of+nations&p=1& amp;item=B:15197
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JackBluegrass — 12 years ago(November 05, 2013 04:55 PM)
For anyone interested in naval warfare, a WWII series titled
Victory at Sea
with incredible orchestral music composed by Richard Rodgers and played by the NBC Symphony was broadcast on television in the US in 1952-53. -
Thor-Delta — 12 years ago(November 13, 2013 03:03 PM)
In a 1944 broadcasting day (running a couple hours or so), CBS station WCBW presented, among other things, two information films about WW2, among them "Negro Colleges in Wartime", see third column from left:
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qBoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT12&dq=%2 2vera+massey%22+cbs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FP6DUrSAC-eZiQfY-IDQAg&a mp;a mp;ved=0CDUQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q=%22vera%20massey%22%20cbs&f=f alse
You can view the film (which is public domain) here:
https://archive.org/details/NegroCol1944
WCBW presented a fair number of WW2 informational films during 1944, they weren't produced solely for television, but they nevertheless represent early examples of television-aired content.
Their other presentations during the day also included a musical show called "Will You Remember" with Vera Massey. I am preparing a Wikipedia page for the show right now, hope to get it ready to post soon.
EDIT: Here is the page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_You_Remember%3F_(TV_series)
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Thor-Delta — 12 years ago(November 13, 2013 04:54 PM)
Another 1944 link, to a article in Billboard mentioning WCBW showing the propaganda film "The Negro Solider" (see second column from left):
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=twwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT10&dq=%2 2vera+massey%22+cbs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Eh2EUpW1A8nwlAXizoCgBA&a mp;ved=0CE8Q6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=%22vera%20massey%22%20cbs&f=f alse
I hope you find this interesting. In other pages, I came across mentions of WW2-related discussion/interview programs. Probably propaganda, and unlike the films, the discussion programs are lost today.
Under column "CBS" you'll find a description of one of these programs:
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hwwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT11&dq=%2 2vera+massey%22+cbs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Eh2EUpW1A8nwlAXizoCgBA&a mp;ved=0CEsQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=%22vera%20massey%22%20cbs&f=f alse
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professoreugene — 9 years ago(April 11, 2016 05:05 PM)
I grew up during WWII in England and I never laid eyes on a TV until I saw one in a store window in the late forties. My parents, and grandparents, my brothers and I, stood and stared at it for about a half-hour. We were entranced. Don't ask what program was showing; I have no clue.