14-04-2023, 06:09 PM
(14-04-2023, 12:59 PM)Stuart Wrote:(14-04-2023, 12:36 PM)JAS84 Wrote: Correct. The last one was two years before ITV launched, so nobody in the UK except the BBC has ever covered one.Back in 1953 barely 2 million homes had a TV set and they were generally in large cities. Most people would have had to see a newsreel about it in the cinema a few days later.
It would have been broadcast on the radio too, since it has a higher penetration than TV would have done at the time. Probably the Home Service?
But yes, far more likely that it would have been seen on a newsreel by the general public. Probably something like this:
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