1961: What did people think of colour television? | BBC Archive @BBCArchive
1961: What did people think of colour television? | BBC Archive @BBCArchive
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Visitors to the Radio Show at Earl’s Court, got to see a big new attraction – colour television. But not everyone was blown away by it.

Clip taken from News, originally broadcast on BBC Television, 23 August 1961.




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