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johnfowles · 06-28-2004, 10:04 AM

quote:Originally posted by miketouhy:
wonder how he got away wioth that?Well it was a rather special occasion when it was first aired being as how Canadians went rather crazy about being 200 years old (they also adopted a new flag)i'm also wondering why this was in b&w because in 67 everything was pretty much colorize when in American TV for the most part? anyway thanks for the link.
A good question
It was actually on Canadian television
yet per:- http://www.fact-index.com/l/li/list_...elevision.html
"1966 in television - Canadian television stations broadcast in color for the first time."
so perhaps CBC were short of funds in 1967?? Or they thought the video looked more "arty" in B and W. No matter as I missed the original live screening I am most grateful that it has resurfaced on the wonderful CBC Archives site.I personally first saw colo(u)r television at a special American exhibition at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels (Belgium)
(which reminds me that the very first television set I saw was a closed circuit one with me on the screen at the Festival Of Britain way back in 1951)

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06-28-2004, 10:04 AM	#21
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	quote:Originally posted by miketouhy: wonder how he got away wioth that?Well it was a rather special occasion when it was first aired being as how Canadians went rather crazy about being 200 years old (they also adopted a new flag)i'm also wondering why this was in b&w because in 67 everything was pretty much colorize when in American TV for the most part? anyway thanks for the link. A good question It was actually on Canadian television yet per:- http://www.fact-index.com/l/li/list_...elevision.html "1966 in television - Canadian television stations broadcast in color for the first time." so perhaps CBC were short of funds in 1967?? Or they thought the video looked more "arty" in B and W. No matter as I missed the original live screening I am most grateful that it has resurfaced on the wonderful CBC Archives site.I personally first saw colo(u)r television at a special American exhibition at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels (Belgium) (which reminds me that the very first television set I saw was a closed circuit one with me on the screen at the Festival Of Britain way back in 1951) ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited June 28, 2004).]