Television Broadcast History Films DVD

Synopsis

15 films showing the creation, innovation and expansion of the televisual medium in the USA. For further details of individual programmes see http://mediaoutlet.com/television-broadcast-history-films-dvd.html.

Language

English

Country

United States

Year of release

2007

Year of production

1939-1962

Notes

Also available in a 9-DVD set entitled MEDIA RECORDING HISTORY MEGASET, which also contains 2 volumes of AUDIO RECORDING HISTORY, 3 volumes of RADIO BROADCAST HISTORY and 1 volume of NEWSPAPER HISTORY films (PRICE $49.49).

Subjects

Media studies; Technology

Keywords

history of broadcasting; television broadcasting; television equipment; television technology; television studies

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 0 NTSC

Price

$29.95

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

165 minutes

Year

2010

Sections

Title

Welcome Guest in the House, A

Synopsis

The National Association of Broadcasters sponsored this film as a testimonial to the power of television in its service to the American citizenry during the Cold War. 1957.

Duration

23 mins

Title

RCA Presentation, An: Television

Synopsis

Vintage footage of one of the earliest filmed promotions for the use of television, filled with footage of primitive TV studios at NBC’s Rockefeller Center facilities, thought to have been produced to coincide with regularly scheduled coverage of the New York World’s fair that same year. 1939.

Duration

9 mins

Title

Universal Newsreel: Kennedy on Telstar - Europe Sees News Conference

Synopsis

Broadcast on 23/7/1962. National prestige soars as the U.S. orbits the first modern communications satellite into orbit and uses it to broadcast a presidential press conference to Europe.

Duration

1 mins

Title

Magic in the Air (1)

Synopsis

A classic archival television film chronicling the birth and growth of the world’s first commercial radio network with a behind-the-scenes tour of their Radio City & Rockefeller Center facilities in New York City and recourse to many time honored film clips of all things radiophonic. 1941.

Duration

8 mins

Title

Magic in the Air (2)

Synopsis

The General Motors Company so liked the 1941 version of this film that it had its Public Relations department re-release it with update modifications fourteen years later. 1955.

Duration

8 mins

Title

New Seven Function Remote Control for Color

Synopsis

Silent piece on a very early version of the tv remote.1959.

Duration

3 mins

Title

Programmer with Magic Memory: Another Newsmaker

Synopsis

Another silent piece, this one on the "Magic Memory" tv autotuner. 1959.

Duration

4 mins

Title

Radio and Television

Synopsis

Vocational Guidance Films sponsored this effort to help educate its audience about the wide variety of technical jobs that were available not only in the now time-honoured field of radio broadcasting and receiving but also the fledgling vocation of television. Although intended to instruct its viewers about employment opportunities contemporary to its time, it it useful for revealing a great deal about communications operations at the time. 1940.

Duration

11 mins

Title

Television Remote Control

Synopsis

Today, the television remote control is commonplace, but in 1961, it was something new - and RCA Victor wanted everyone to know about it. This film is the result. 1961.

Duration

6 mins

Title

Army/Navy Screen Magazine: Television Tomorrow

Synopsis

Primer on the future of technology and employment opportunities in television broadcasting, as shown to military servicemen returning from wartime duty, seen from the vantage point of the beginning of the television age. 1945.

Duration

12 mins

Title

Universal Newsreel: Telstar Brings World Closer

Synopsis

The world’s first commercial "comsat" (communications satellite) is sent into orbit, transmits the first television picture to and from space, and becomes the vanguard of many other such telstars which enabled continuous global telephone, data, television and other communications. 1962.

Duration

3 mins

Title

Reasons Why, The

Synopsis

Informative colour film demonstrating the television manufacturing process at RCA’s plant in Camden, New Jersey. 1959.

Duration

27 mins

Title

Hillsborough with New Hideaway Styling, The

Synopsis

A silent piece on a console television that folded into a piece of furniture that disguised its real purpose. 1959.

Duration

3 mins

Title

Story of Television, The

Synopsis

RCA’s attempt to tell the history of this new medium at a point rather early in its development and glorifying RCA’s role in this. The era of colour television had just arrived. Filled with education about and demonstration of historical firsts, the film is interesting for media history students and those who just lived through the era. 1956.

Duration

15 mins

Title

Tomorrow always Comes

Synopsis

The intention of this film, made by the Manhattan Undergarment Company, was to sell rayon lingerie. In the process, it also unintentionally resulted in the documentation of live television broadcasting in its very infancy, CBS-style, in the form of a fashion show featuring rayon lingerie products. 1941.

Duration

29 mins

Distributor

Name

MediaOutlet.com

Email

service@prosperohouse.com

Web

http://www.mediaoutlet.com/ External site opens in new window

Address

PO Box 1432
Bayonne
NJ 07002
USA

Notes

Specialises in US archival moving image and sound material, particularly vintage radio and public service films and broadcasts that have been digitally restored. Formerly known as Earthstation.com. Sale on multi-region DVD or CD.