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Television

The Race for Television (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

Documents the early creation of TV.
Director
Writer
Michael Winship (written by)
Composer
Status
Edit Released
Updated Feb 8, 1988

Release date
Feb 8, 1988 (United States)

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Cast

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52 cast members
Name Known for
Edwin Newman
Narrator Narrator   See fewer
William Fox
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Sergei Novokovsky
Self (as Prof. Sergei Novokovsky) Self (as Prof. Sergei Novokovsky)   See fewer
Kurt Wagenführ
Self (as Dr. Kurt Wagenfuhr) Self (as Dr. Kurt Wagenfuhr)   See fewer
Hugh Greene
Self (as Sir Hugh Greene) Self (as Sir Hugh Greene)   See fewer
A. Burke Crotty
Self (as Burke Crotty) Self (as Burke Crotty)   See fewer
I. Orr-Ewing
Self (as Ian Orr-Ewing) Self (as Ian Orr-Ewing)   See fewer
Bud Abbott
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
John Logie Baird
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Sid Caesar
Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
Eddie Cantor
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Renzo Cesana
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Fred Clark
Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
Lou Costello
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Elizabeth Cowell
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jimmy Durante
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Philo T. Farnsworth
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Emile Franchel
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jackie Gleason
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Ben Grauer
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Bob Hope
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Henry Hull
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Helen McKay
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Korla Pandit
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
David Sarnoff
Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage)   See fewer
Fulton J. Sheen
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Bill Walker
Self (archive footage) (as Bill Walker and His Musical Saw) Self (archive footage) (as Bill Walker and His Musical Saw)   See fewer
Vladimir K. Zworykin
Self (archive footage) (as Dr. Vladimir Zworykin) Self (archive footage) (as Dr. Vladimir Zworykin)   See fewer
Adele Dixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Hyam Greenbaum
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Ed Wynn
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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