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The year 1947 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1947. Events. January 3 ...
The first successful American children's television series, Movies for Small Fry debuts on the DuMont Television Network. July 16 RCA demonstrates the world's first all-electronic color camera to the Federal Communications Commission. (Only television receivers were present at the demonstration on January 29; the camera was at a remote studio.)
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October 6 – World Series games are broadcast on television for the first time. The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers , 4 games to 3, to win their 11th World Series Title. October 14 – The United States Air Force test pilot Captain Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 rocket plane faster than the speed of sound , the first time that this ...
The early days of television introduced hour-long anthology drama series, many of which received critical acclaim. [6] [7] Examples include Kraft Television Theatre (debuted May 7, 1947), The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (debuted September 27, 1948), Television Playhouse (debuted December 4, 1947), The Philco Television Playhouse (debuted October 3, 1948), Westinghouse Studio One (debuted November 7 ...
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1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (), holds public hearings about television; 1941: First television advertisements aired. The first official, paid television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (now WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
19 January – Rebecca (1947) 4 February – The Happiest Days of Your Life (1947) 6 February – The Two Mrs Carrolls (1947) 9 February – Cry Havoc (1947) 23 March – The Man Who Came To Dinner (1947) 11 May – Larry the Lamb (1947) 24 June – The Bad Man (1947) 27 July – Boys in Brown (1947) 3 August – The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1947)