Politicians and Teleprompters go Way Back
Here’s a shot from under the podium at the 1952 republican convention. This prompter script is not for television talent…it’s for the politicians delivering speeches to the delegates. This is probably one of the first times teleprompters were used for this purpose.
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Fascinating to see this.
The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson had a mechanical teleprompter on camera one to the very last show in 1992. Old habits die hard.
Wish you knew who was operating this..my aunt’s boyfriend worked for Teleprompter back in this era.