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On his first job as a station engineer; on experimental television and KTLA's early facilities and equipment 06:27
Interview: John Silva
On the number of TV sets in use in the LA area in the 1940s; on signal strength and Klaus Landsberg coming to America from Germany 03:40
Interview: John Silva
John Silva on almost joining NBC in New York, but instead joining Klaus Landsberg in an experimental television station in Los Angeles, KTLA 03:38
Interview: John Silva | Person: Klaus Landsberg
John Silva on Klaus Landsberg coming to America from Germany 01:18
Interview: John Silva | Person: Klaus Landsberg
John Silva on first learning about television and knowing he wanted to work in it 01:25
Interview: John Silva | Profession: Engineer
John Silva on first learning about television and knowing he wanted to work in it 01:25
Interview: John Silva | Profession: Technology Innovators
John Silva on his first job as a television station engineer 01:36
Interview: John Silva | Profession: Technology Innovators
John Silva on his first job as a television station engineer 01:36
Interview: John Silva | Profession: Engineer
John Silva on first learning about television and knowing he wanted to work in it 01:25
Interview: John Silva
John Silva on almost joining NBC in New York, but instead joining Klaus Landsberg in an experimental television station in Los Angeles, which became KTLA 03:36
Interview: John Silva
John Silva on first learning about television and knowing he wanted to work in it 01:25
Interview: John Silva | Topic: Creative Influences and Inspiration
John Silva on how World War II affected his family; on becoming a radar officer in World War II 06:58
Interview: John Silva | Topic: War
John Silva on how World War II affected his family; on becoming a radar officer in World War II 06:58
Interview: John Silva | Topic: World War II
John Silva on the technological innovations he learned about as a a radar officer in World War II 01:14
Interview: John Silva | Topic: Technological Innovation
John Silva on the technological innovations he learned about as a a radar officer in World War II 01:14
Interview: John Silva | Topic: World War II
John Silva on the technological innovations he learned about as a a radar officer in World War II 01:14
Interview: John Silva | Topic: War
John Silva on KTLA's early equipment and facilities; on the first mobile unit 03:50
Interview: John Silva | Topic: Technological Innovation
On KTLA chief engineer Klaus Landsberg's strategy for the station; on becoming remote supervisor, technical director, and director of sporting events 06:22
Interview: John Silva
On KTLA's first commercial broadcast in January 1947 with Emcee Bob Hope; on how commercial television differed from experimental television; on news broadcasts 13:23
Interview: John Silva
John Silva on introducing Lawrence Welk to the ten-minute interval between commercials 04:08
Interview: John Silva | Genre: Commercials
John Silva on early KTLA news broadcasts, including the Kathy Fiscus story 08:49
Interview: John Silva | Genre: News and Documentary
John Silva on KTLA chief engineer Klaus Landsberg's strategy for the station 02:45
Interview: John Silva | Person: Klaus Landsberg
John Silva on introducing Lawrence Welk to the ten-minute interval between commercials 03:44
Interview: John Silva | Person: Lawrence Welk
John Silva on introducing Lawrence Welk to the ten-minute interval between commercials 03:44
Interview: John Silva | Person: Klaus Landsberg
John Silva on KTLA's first commercial broadcast in January 1947 with Emcee Bob Hope 00:51
Interview: John Silva | Person: Bob Hope
John Silva on KTLA's first commercial broadcast in January 1947 with Emcee Bob Hope 00:51
Interview: John Silva