The Dawn of the Eye: The History of Film and TV News Inventing Television News: 1946-1959
The Dawn of the Eye: The History of Film and TV News Inventing Television News: 1946-1959
In the beginning, no one knew quite what to do with the medium that would come to dominate international news coverage. A sense of journalistic purpose only came when radio veterans brought television news relevance and edge by tackling hitherto taboo subjects like racial segregation and McCarthy’s “red baiting.” The debates and battles for survival within this remarkable hour are riveting.
- 1997
- 00:55:01
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
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- Subjects
- Television broadcasting of news -- History [LCSH] Broadcast journalism -- History [LCSH] Television broadcasting of news -- United States -- History [LCSH] See it now (Television program) [LCSH] Television broadcasting of news -- Canada -- History [LCSH] Television and politics -- United States -- History [LCSH] Television in politics -- United States -- History [LCSH] Television and politics -- Canada -- History [LCSH] Social sciences [LCSH] World history [LCSH] Mass media -- Study and teaching [LCSH] Journalism -- Study and teaching [LCSH] Television -- Study and teaching [LCSH]
- Team
- Alan Mendelsohn (Director), Paul McGrath (Producer), Colleen Toomey (Producer), Kenneth Welsh (Narrator)
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