IMAGE
Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :First live TV in New Zealand begins in Auckland tonight. [1 June 1960].
- Date
- 1960
- Reference
- A-310-078
- Description
Shows a machine workshop where two men are working at lathes. One questions the other who has "square eyes". A calendar on the wall show the date June 2, the day after commercial television broadcasts began.
Other Titles - \"How long have you had a TV set, Joe?\"
Other Titles - Television
Commercial television began in Auckland from AKTV Channel 2, on 1 June 1960, just over three years after the first sound and pictures were transmitted in New Zealand from station ZL1XXR at Seddon Memorial Technical College. For the first three or four months, there were just two hours of prgrammes per day, for two nights a week.
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink 166 x 243 mm, on paper 280 x 380 mm.
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Alternative form available: Photocopy available in public folders.
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- Part of
- Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink 166 x 243 mm, on paper 280 x 380 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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