1950 newsreel clip on growth of the television industry in the United States. Announcer notes the popularity of athletic events on TV (especially baseball) . Shots of game between Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants at the Giants' stadium, the Polo Grounds. Vintage TV cameras marked 'WPIX' capture the action. #36 Don Newcombe of the Dodgers pitches to #12 Eddie Stanky of the Giants. Cameras transmit game to TV control center, which sends signal to home antennas. Woman and three boys seen watching television broadcast of the game at home on a small 1950s-era TV in a family living room. Scene shifts to horse racing, with camera marked NBC WNBT capturing an unknown horse race. Men at bar seen watching the race.
A documentary on the growth of television industry in the United States. Children watching television in a family living room. Telecast of several children shows on the television. Children watching a puppet show. Views of boys smiling and laughing as they enjoy a television show. Narrator extols the virtues of television for entertaining and educating children. Narrator notes that televisions are being used in classrooms in schools and that its uses for teachers are "limitless."
A documentary on the growth and opportunities in television industry in the United States. Students at the New York University listening to a classroom lecture on how television signals are transmitted and received. Professor instructs the college students on the technical aspects of television, including an iconoscope. A class at NYU conducted in tandem with a local televsion studio briefs students interested in the creative side of television. Studio equipment is demonstrated including lights, microphone boom stands, and television cameras The equipment and the method of production and recordings are demonstrated. 'WPIX television' written on cameras. Students are coached in using the equipment, while other students prepare to stage a play for television that was written by one of the students. The director meeting with the student actors. Views of the play being filmed for television. Men working on television studio transmission equipment.
A documentary on the growth of television industry in the United States. President Harry Truman dedicates the United Nations building in New York. The students filming the event. Exterior of the building. People gather in a large number near the building. President Truman addressing people. Several officials and dignitaries present for the occasion. The telecast of the event in many countries.
Coverage of the satellite, Sputnik I at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio. The Project 'Cateye' being undertaken. The project is dealing with light amplification. Film shows the satellite moving slowly across the TV screen in a darkened room.
Construction of Fleet Ballistic missile submarines in Groton, Connecticut. Skeleton hull of submarine under construction. Small hatch opening in the submarine. A man welds under the far side of the hatch in the hull. Cross bracings in the skeleton hull of the submarine. A worker uses a cutting torch and works on the submarine.
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