Interviewees discuss the 1939-40 World's Fair and the television demonstration at the fair.

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    Ethel Winant on early involvement in television via the Pasadena Playhouse and on seeing television at the 1939 World's Fair

    02:56
    Thumbnail of Louis Dorfsman

    Louis Dorfsman on seeing television at the 1939 World's Fair and the development of color television

    02:31
    Thumbnail of Romilly Rutherford

    Romilly Rutherford on the television demonstration at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:01
    Thumbnail of Betty Garrett

    Betty Garrett on working at the 1939 World's Fair, and on the television exhibition

    05:03
    Thumbnail of Doris Roberts

    Doris Roberts on seeing television at the 1939-40 World's Fair

    00:49
    Thumbnail of Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr.

    Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr. on DuMont's Model 180, their first television set, and demonstrating it at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:43

    Erik Barnouw

    Erik Barnouw on attending the RCA television demonstration at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:20

    Sam Christaldi

    Sam Christaldi on Du Mont and the 1939 World's Fair and the early price of television sets

    02:34

    John Conte

    John Conte on seeing television at the 1939 World's Fair

    02:47

    Louis Dorfsman

    Louis Dorfsman on seeing television at the 1939 World's Fair and the development of color television

    02:31

    Hugh Downs

    Hugh Downs on seeing television for the first time at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:04

    Elma Farnsworth

    Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth avoiding the television demonstration at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:25

    Les Flory

    Les Flory on preparing for broadcast television and the 1939 World's Fair

    03:28

    Horton Foote

    Horton Foote on the television exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:54

    Ray Forrest

    Ray Forrest on attending the 1939-40 World's Fair

    00:32

    Reuven Frank

    Reuven Frank on seeing television at the 1939-40 World's Fair, and on his first job in television news

    05:47

    Betty Garrett

    Betty Garrett on working at the 1939 World's Fair, and on the television exhibition

    05:03

    Leonard H. Goldenson

    Leonard H. Goldenson on seeing television for the first time at the 1939 World's Fair

    00:34

    Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr.

    Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr. on DuMont's Model 180, their first television set, and demonstrating it at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:43

    Lewis Gomavitz

    Lewis Gomavitz on his early experiences in theater and on meeting Burr Tillstrom at the 1939 World's Fair

    06:30

    Albert Heschong

    Albert Heschong on the 1939 World's Fair

    02:17

    Martin Hoade

    Martin Hoade on the first time he saw television at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:23

    Seaman Jacobs

    Seaman Jacobs on attending the 1939 World's Fair, and on the first time he saw television

    05:43

    Loren Jones

    Loren Jones on RCA's television exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:25

    Ernest Kinoy

    Ernest Kinoy on the first time he saw television at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:01

    Sid Krofft

    Sid Krofft on the 1939 World's Fair

    00:51

    Sheldon Leonard

    Sheldon Leonard on seeing television for the first time at the 1939 World's Fair

    00:47

    Richard Lewis

    Richard Lewis on the first time he saw television, at the 1939 World's Fair

    02:34

    Sidney Lumet

    Sidney Lumet on seeing television at the World's Fair, and on getting into television

    02:41

    Stewart MacGregory

    Stewart MacGregory on seeing television at the 1939 World's Fair

    02:24

    E. G. Marshall

    E.G. Marshall on working at the 1939-40 World's Fair, and on his earliest memories of television

    03:11

    Barney McNulty

    Barney McNulty on seeing television for the first time at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:57

    E. Roger Muir

    E. Roger Muir on the first time he saw television in 1939, and on going to work for NBC

    03:16

    Arthur Penn

    Arthur Penn on attending the 1939 World's Fair

    00:37

    Abraham Polonsky

    Abraham Polonsky on first encountering television at the 1939 World's Fair

    02:13

    Joan Rivers

    Joan Rivers on the first time she saw television at the 1939 World's Fair

    00:38

    Doris Roberts

    Doris Roberts on seeing television at the 1939-40 World's Fair

    00:49

    Andy Rooney

    Andy Rooney on seeing television at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:04

    Romilly Rutherford

    Romilly Rutherford on the television demonstration at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:01

    Edgar J. Scherick

    Edgar Scherick on remembering seeing television at the 1939-40 World's Fair

    00:26

    Daniel Schorr

    Daniel Schorr on seeing television at the 1939 World's Fair

    01:41

    Frank Stanton

    Frank Stanton on his early awareness of television, and the introduction of television at the 1939 Worlds Fair

    01:44

    Robert Trout

    Robert Trout on covering the 1939 World's Fair

    01:15

    Ethel Winant

    Ethel Winant on early involvement in television via the Pasadena Playhouse and on seeing television at the 1939 World's Fair

    02:56

    David L. Wolper

    David L. Wolper on seeing television at the 1939 World's Fair and on his family's first television set

    01:19

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