[Early Color Television Promo]
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Description: The film is about the advancements in color technology for television, which allows for the capture and transmission of full-color images. This technology allows for more vivid and realistic depictions of events, such as sports and parades, to be seen by viewers at home. The film highlights several milestones in the development of color television, including the first coast-to-coast telecast in color, and the first World Series and Davis Cup matches to be televised in natural color. The film also suggests that the future of television will continue to involve the use of color technology to enhance the viewing experience. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project.
Transcription
to achieve color scientists brought into Focus the principles of radio of Optics Electronics photography and chemistry [Music] the lens of the color television camera collects light rays in full color from the scene being televised by the miracle of compatibility color programs can be seen on standard Black and White sets without any change or adjustment color receivers which can also pick up standard black and white broadcasts decode the color information and apply the picture in all its Vivid Beauty to the tri-color tube the World of Color transforms the commonplace into the Beautiful with it the men of Television had captured a paintbrush viewers at home could see distant scenes in all their vivid coloration the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena provided the First Coast to Coast telecast in color but again this was just a milestone a colorful future is still ahead of us with the added dimension of color once again technicians and artists accepted the challenge entirely new adventures and entertainment could now unfold before the people of America more and more stations are becoming equipped to broadcast color every day or without color you're missing half the show mobile units began transmitting color telecasts from the bright Outdoors new Sparkle and new buoyancy could be added to the enjoyment of the great sports events the world series of 1955 was another TV Milestone the first to be televised in natural color [Applause] the same year the first Davis Cup matches were televised in color on the court of Forest Hills foreign football always one of the finest of sports in the finest of Seasons now this autumnal pageantry can be enjoyed as it should in the glory of its natural color [Music] [Applause] but an international color TV natural color from everywhere and transmitted across the widest oceans
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Record added: 2026-05-28 18:07:05