Television Study

Watch the documentary and answer the following questions:

1. Why are Lord Reith and John Logie Baird so important in terms of the development of TV?

2. How did television develop during the 1930’s?

3. What was the impact of WW2 on TV, especially Post War?

The deprivation of the Great Depression, followed by the global iniquities and tragedies of World War II, led to a period of prosperity and consumerism that had effects on American society that we're still learning about. In the wake of the war, cultural changes swept the country, including changes in the way we make and watch television. And in its turn, television changed -- and continues to change -- the way we interact with each other.

4. What television genre developed during the late 1940’s and into the 1950’s?

The first "Golden Age of Television" refers to the era of live television production in the United States, roughly from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.
Prior to approximately 1948, there had been some attempts at television programming using the mechanical television process. One of the first series made specifically for television to have a sustained run was CBS's

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