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    Stan Chambers

    Stan Chambers on KTLA's invention and use of the first news helicopter, the "telecopter" in 1958

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    John Silva

    In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, John Silva (1920-2012) talks about his early interest in television and his desire to get into engineering. He recalls his time as a radar officer during All views expressed by interviewees are theirs alone and not necessarily those of the Television Academy.

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