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

(Tuesday July 7, 1936, 4:00 p.m. 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.

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

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