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Pioneer of American commercial radio and television, David Sarnoff, makes future predictions in New York.

David Sarnoff of RCA makes predictions regarding telecommunications and consumer electronics during a filming in New York. Television crew at work. Boom moving microphone. Cameraman at work. Sarnoff speaks and says newspapers, mails, magazines and mails will be sent through air at lightning speed and reproduced at home (could be seen as foreshadowing or predicting facsimile use and the Internet). He speaks about pocket size radio instruments enabling people to communicate with anyone anywhere (possible early forecast of portable radio proliferation, and later cell phone, mobile phone and mobile device usage). Cameraman and boom operator at work. Close up view of motion picture camera front and camera lenses.

Date: 1949, December
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075007
Members of family watch television at home in New York.

A family watches television at home in New York. Family members watch television at home. Woman, girl and a boy look at television screen. Girl laughs as she watches television. Woman seated on sofa watches television. Man smokes pipe. Television screen on set.

Date: 1949, December
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075008
First color television broadcast using the CBS color method is photographed at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C.

First color television broadcast from Columbia Broadcasting Systems. Color Television Monitor Tube photographed at the National Guard Armory in Washington DC. Television broadcast shows "Patty Painter," (real name Patricia Stinnette) displaying colored pieces of cloth. (Note: Reportedly, the U.S. Naval photographic unit that did these tests tried to record color images from all three of the proposed color systems at the time: the CBS field-sequential system, RCA's dot-sequential system and CTI's line-sequential system.)

Date: 1949, August 19
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075009
American sand British Planes carry supplies to blockaded Berlin

America and Britain conduct Berlin Airlift operations, flying supplies to blockaded East Berlin during the Soviet Berlin Blockade. Blockade lifted. Refugees flee East Germany and move to West Germany.

Date: 1949
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058356
Signing of the NATO treaty in Washington D.C., United States

President Harry S. Truman introduced to foreign ministers of NATO member countries by Secretary of State Dean Acheson in Washington D.C., United States. President delivers a speech on the occasion of signing of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) treaty. He hopes that members will cooperate in solving common problems and in their efforts of development.

Date: 1949, April 4
Duration: 6 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058359
Chief Prosecutor of France Francious De Monthon concludes counts 3 and 4 against Nazi leaders during Nuremberg trial

During Nuremberg trial Chief Prosecutor of France Francious De Monthon concludes counts 3 and 4 and describes from memoranda of Fritz Sauckel Nazi policy of forced labor. Captives used as labor and later on killed by the Nazis.

Date: 1949
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058666