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The first broadcast of a U.S. President's speech in color (61 years ago today)

Posted on 5/22/19 at 8:03 am
Posted by RollTide1987
Baltimore, MD
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 5/22/19 at 8:03 am
May 22, 1958.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the first-ever president to deliver a live address on color camera while touring the facilities of NBC.

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Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
9664 posts
Posted on 5/22/19 at 8:18 am to
I am approaching 62. Of course I don’t remember Eisenhower’s speech but I do remember when my grandparents got a color TV in 1961 or 1962. It was the first one around the neighborhood. A lot of people would show up on Sunday at 6:30 to watch Walt Disney.
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