Video: 'First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA July 7, 1936 Part 1 of 2'

(Tuesday July 7, 1936, afternoon EDT) — The NBC division of RCA made its first television broadcast today in New York, a 30-minute variety show featuring speeches, dance ensembles, monologues, vocal numbers and film clips.

It was shown to 225 of RCA’s licensees on 22 centimeter screens, 343 lines per picture, 30 pictures per second.

Video: 'First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA July 7, 1936 Part 2 of 2'