July 11, 1962…Telstar Beams First Transatlantic Television Signal
Fifty two years ago today, Telstar went into operation as the world’s first telecommunications satellite. In this excellent video. hosted by NBC newsman Frank Blair, we get the whole story and at the 7:15 mark, Ed Hurlihe takes over the narration with a film of the first images transmitted. Enjoy and share!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHC5fkYch0Q
50 year anniversary of the World’s First Transatlantic Television Signal More information at http://telstar50.org
Still pretty amazing!
http://youtu.be/ryrEPzsx1gQ
Fascinating!
Ed Hurlihy would disguise his voice in public to not be noticed…
It was about 1963-64, I was lying on the hood of a Ford Edsel (don’t ask) in my back yard watching stars when I saw this particular star…moving! I got the chills. I ran inside and got my older brother and it turns out it was Telstar. Its probably one of the first ever man made moving object in space seen from earth.
There is a color film from Bell that this uses some footage from.
I know because I happen to have a 16mm print of it.
It is on YouTube here –
http://youtu.be/uKH-GijnAGk
I remember watching this and was in awe..NBC used to run a news promo showing their crews shooting film in Europe then flying it back to NY on a jet…this eventually brought the world instantly to everyone…now I can carry on a conversation with our friends in Geelong with a phone, including video if we want. Go figure!
Amazing……a very primitive satellite by today’s standards, but the mother of all U.S. communication satellites.