Television (1939)
• May 9th, 1939 • 0h 9min
Documentary
Overview
Promotes television sets and the broadcast of New York's first regularly scheduled programs by providing a clinical look at the inner workings of television, including the manufacture of the tubes, lab experiments, and an actual telecast. Shows RCA's production studios in Rockefeller Center, television demonstrations at the 1939–40 New York World's Fair, RCA's Empire State Building transmitter, and remote mobile broadcast units. One of a variety of "Reelisms" shorts produced by Frederic Ullman Jr. and Frank Donovan for RKO in the late 1930s.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone
Released on: 2017-06-29
Documentary
On June 11th, 1997, Philippe Kahn created the first camera phone solution to share pictures instantl...
Lotus: A New Dawn
Released on: 2021-07-28
Documentary
This short documentary follows the fortunes of iconic car manufacturer Lotus. Once famous for its ch...
Koyaanisqatsi
Released on: 1983-04-27
Documentary, Music
Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having...
Eco-Hack!
Released on: 2022-11-11
Documentary
Conservation biologist Tim Shields sees urgency in the field and finds that traditional conservation...
Holy Land: Startup Nations
Released on: 2017-03-28
Documentary
With the most tech startups and venture capital per capita in the world, Israel has long been hailed...
Final Warning
Released on: 1995-01-01
Documentary
Host Grant Jeffrey discusses how technology and government activities are changing the way our infor...
Québec...?
Released on: 1967-01-01
Documentary
This short documentary film is a fascinating portrait of urban and rural Quebec in the late 1960s, a...
Nothing to Hide
Released on: 2017-09-06
Documentary
NOTHING TO HIDE is an independent documentary dealing with surveillance and its acceptance by the ge...
Revolution OS
Released on: 2001-03-09
Documentary
REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against the proprietary software mo...
Classic British Cars: Made in Coventry
Released on: 2021-05-17
Documentary
Find out how the cars were crafted and discover the secret family stories behind the most famous mar...
Nokia Mobile: We Were Connecting People
Released on: 2017-09-29
Documentary
Once upon a time there was a large Finnish company called Nokia that manufactured the world’s best a...
Instagram Is
Released on: 2013-05-24
Documentary
In a culture immersed in technology, Instagram is reviving adventure, face to face community and rea...
The Social Dilemma
Released on: 2020-01-26
Documentary, Drama
This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech ex...
Top Ten Mysteries of Outer Space
Released on: 2022-10-01
Documentary
The wonders of the universe have long propelled our insatiable desire to learn more about who we are...
DSKNECTD
Released on: 2013-10-11
Documentary
As clichés go, in 1999 the World as we knew it was about to change - and we'd been expecting it. Sin...
Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa
Released on: 2024-01-25
Documentary
Explores the history, technology, people, stories and industry influence of this lesser-known person...
Land of White Alice
Released on: 1960-01-01
Documentary
Film sponsored by Western Electric (AT&T's equipment manufacturing division), the builder of the Uni...