Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Television broadcasting hit the airwaves in 1939, and RCA knew it was the NEXT BIG Thing, if only the public understood what it was. This movie tells the story of this exciting new technology to a public that loved their radios.

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