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Transatlantic Teleview - Man On The Beat (1956)

1956 · Television · 6 min

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Synopsis

The surviving footage from an otherwise lost 1956 episode of "Transatlantic Teleview", a television series produced by Britain's Central Office of Information for American broadcast (it was never shown in the UK). The surviving footage features an interesting interview with two policemen in Soho. Among the stations this series was shown on, were WGBH-TV in Boston, KULA-TV (now KITV) in Honolulu, KGO-TV in San Francisco, KSD-TV (now KSDK) in St. Louis, WQED in Pittsburgh, WMAR-TV in Baltimore, along with various others. The series aired from 1954 to 1958. Note: the title is "Transatlantic Teleview", but for some reason, it is almost always referred to as "Transatlantic Televiews" in TV schedules.

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Running time
6 minutes
Language
English
Collection
1950s Classic TV, Classic TV

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