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First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA (1936)
Short | 30 min | Documentary, Short

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First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA (1936)

Short | 30 min | Documentary, Short

This historic first TV broadcast was seen by only a few hundred people who had access to the new television. It is a variety show of sorts, similar to the show preceding the feature film in cinemas of the 1930s. There are newsreel items, ...See moreThis historic first TV broadcast was seen by only a few hundred people who had access to the new television. It is a variety show of sorts, similar to the show preceding the feature film in cinemas of the 1930s. There are newsreel items, including Haile Selassie of Ethiopia pleading before the League of Nations for aid to repel the invading Italian forces of Mussolini. There are entertainment segments to appeal to women, such as the female dancers performing a water lily dance on the lawn outdoors (no high-kicking Rockettes) as well as a fashion show indoors of the latest in fashions (short ermine coats are in, as are hostess gowns). There is the obligatory lineup of important white males who are overseeing this "advancement in education and entertainment", and there are comic bits as well, none funnier than the solemn moderators trying to sound as suave as the radio professionals. See less

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Benjamin Abrams Self Self See fewer	First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA (1936)
New York Ballet Themselves Themselves See fewer	First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA (1936)
Milton Cross Announcer Announcer See fewer	All Star Revue (1950)
J.G. Harbord Self Self See fewer	First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA (1936)
J.R. Howland Self Self See fewer	First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA (1936)
Henry Hull Jeeter Lester in a monologue from 'Tobacco Road' Jeeter Lester in a monologue from 'Tobacco Road' See fewer	Lifeboat (1944)
Lenox Lohr Self Self See fewer	NBC/RCA Experimental Television Demonstration for the Press (1936)
Graham McNamee Self Self See fewer	Oh, Baby! (1926)
The Pickens Sisters Themselves Themselves See fewer	Good Luck - Best Wishes (1934)
Jack Rogers Self Self See fewer	First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA (1936)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
David Sarnoff Self Self See fewer	Susan and God (1938)
Haile Selassie Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend (2011)
Harry Sparks Self Self See fewer	First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA (1936)
James Swank Self Self See fewer	First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA (1936)
A.S. Wells Self Self See fewer	First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA (1936)
Ed Wynn Self Self See fewer	Alice in Wonderland (1951)