Compiled and edited by William J. Ganz Company in 1954, this promotion for RCA Victor features a look into the television experience of the early to mid 20th century. Television personality David Garroway walks the viewer through many spectacular events and beloved TV shows of the era, paying tribute to the capability the technology has given for families across the nation to view such a variety of broadcasts from their homes.
(0:08) Title sequence. RCA Victor Presents: Television. (0:28) David Garroway on WNBT (later WNBC) newsroom set next to RCA TK-11A studio television broadcast camera. (1:24) Family in living room watching “Kukla, Fran and Ollie” on television. (1:47) Footage of the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” – New York Giants Bobby Thompson hitting a walk-off home run pitched by Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers, winning the decisive third game of the three game playoff for the pennant. (2:10) Footage of football game with player scoring a long run touchdown. (2:18) Horse racing. (2:34) Boxer getting knocked down in boxing match. (2:46) Wrestling. (3:01) Western horse chase clip from television series Hopalong Cassidy. (3:22) Western brawl clip from The Roy Rogers Show. (3:42) Groucho Marx on the television show You Bet Your Life. (4:08) Arturo Toscanini conducting an orchestra playing Richard Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries (4:41) Brian Donlevy walking down alley with knife thrown into pole nearly missing him in intro to the television series Dangerous Assignment. Dispatch clip from show. (5:47) Museum keys spy clip from television show “Foreign Intrigue”, a syndicated espionage drama television series produced in Europe by Sheldon Reynolds (6:24). Women poolside in fashion showcase. (6:53) 1948 Republican National Convention at Convention Hall at the Municipal Auditorium, in Philadelphia. (7:11) United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City. (7:31) Footage of flood. (7:50) American superliner ship SS United States. (8:01) David Garroway on set in newsroom. RCA Victor logo on RCA 21″ b&w television set. The end.
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