TV History: October 5, 1947…First White House Broadcast

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TV History: October 5, 1947

Below, a single RCA TK30 pool camera is shown bringing President Harry Truman to the nation in the first ever television broadcast live from the White House. The first President to appear on TV was Franklin Roosevelt who spoke at the opening session of the New York World’s Fair on April 30, 1939.

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