tv history
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This ‘Telewriter’ Transmitted Handwriting Across Long Distances in the 1930s
Need to send a message to a friend 80 km away? Today, you’ve got plenty of options — whether it’s SMS, email, tweet, Facebook message, Zoom video chat, or the old-fashioned telephone. But back in the 1930s, the choices were much more limited. You could use the phone or write a letter or send a…
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Richard Erdman, Actor From The Twilight Zone And Stalag 17, Dies At 93
Richard Erdman, a character actor whose amazing career dates back to the 1940s and includes over 170 acting credits, has died at an assisted living home in Los Angeles, California. He was 93.
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The First In-Flight TV Entertainment Sounds Pretty Boring
History was made when the first in-flight movie was screened over Chicago in 1921. But it wasn’t until 1939 that passengers were treated to the first in-flight TV. What was playing on the boob-tube in the sky? Live footage of their own plane, oddly enough.
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This Was The 3D TV Theatre Of The Future Before TV Even Existed
Futurist-minded weirdos were dreaming up 3D movies as early as the 1910s, back when feature-length films were still in their infancy. But in 1928 the hot new techno-hype was all about television: specifically, 3D TV that people could watch in a theatre. Complete with that newfangled sync-sound!