Thank you for sharing this very early newscast. The historic time frame here was just three months after Mao-Tse Tung had declared that the Communists controlled Mainland China. It was just six months after the Soviet Union had detonated an atomic bomb, far sooner than most Americans could have conceptualized. Both of these events were pretty shocking. Yet this was over five months before the Soviet/Chinese backed invasion of South Korea by North Korea, hence the apparent indifference of the State Department to Formosa (Taiwan) requests for military assistance. Very interesting!
As seen weeknights at 7:30pm(et). At the time, Oldsmobile sponsored Edwards' newscast on alternate evenings. This was one of those "sustaining" editions.
US television was miles ahead with TV news than in Britain - in 1950 there was no British television news program as such, just a Television Newsreel which was non topical. Radio was where the British got their news each day in 1952. Eventually a British TV news program launched in 1954, but in vision newscasters wasn't seen until 1955
Edwards had begun with CBS-TV in 1946 when there was no network and essentially no audience. No other radio newsman wanted the job. When CBS closed the studio during 1947 to do only remote broadcasts, Edwards was stuck doing "radio on tv," as he could no longer be seen.
I doubt very many kinescope recordings of network TV newscasts prior to the fall of 1951 still exist, probably because they were only seen in East Coast and Midwestern cities connected to network lines. I don't think kinescopes of network newscasts were made for stations not connected to network lines, with those films flown for telecast the next day. I suspect a lot more kinescopes exist of network newscasts after the fall of 1951, as network lines had reached the West Coast. Many live network programs, both news and entertainment, would be recorded in this manner for playback to California three hours later.
I was born in 1950. Douglas Edwards was a legend.
January 2nd, 1950, B. E.: (Before the Eye) CBS didn't adopt their iconic "CBS Eye" logo.until 1951)
I remember these broadcasts. Thanks for posting them.
YAY. Thanks for fixing the sound! Douglas Edwards was the best anchor ever! Hope you have more!
I agree!
Wonderful. Would love to see many more.
At that time, Television was in it's Infancy!
There are VERY FEW videos of Douglas Edwards with the News from the 50s. Or simply no videos.
When news casters reported news not opinions and policy
Not even remotely true lmao
Thank you for sharing this very early newscast. The historic time frame here was just three months after Mao-Tse Tung had declared that the Communists controlled Mainland China. It was just six months after the Soviet Union had detonated an atomic bomb, far sooner than most Americans could have conceptualized. Both of these events were pretty shocking. Yet this was over five months before the Soviet/Chinese backed invasion of South Korea by North Korea, hence the apparent indifference of the State Department to Formosa (Taiwan) requests for military assistance. Very interesting!
My father was born the day before
As seen weeknights at 7:30pm(et). At the time, Oldsmobile sponsored Edwards' newscast on alternate evenings. This was one of those "sustaining" editions.
US television was miles ahead with TV news than in Britain - in 1950 there was no British television news program as such, just a Television Newsreel which was non topical. Radio was where the British got their news each day in 1952. Eventually a British TV news program launched in 1954, but in vision newscasters wasn't seen until 1955
Amazing. Thanks for sharing! :)
I wish news was this clear cut these days.
5:17- By the way, John Maragon was convicted of lying before that Senate committee in April, and served time for perjury. He faded into obscurity.
Possibly this is from 1950, due to references about the midterm elections later that year?
Edwards had begun with CBS-TV in 1946 when there was no network and essentially no audience. No other radio newsman wanted the job. When CBS closed the studio during 1947 to do only remote broadcasts, Edwards was stuck doing "radio on tv," as he could no longer be seen.
When CBS reopened their Grand Central Station studios in the spring of 1948, Doug was back in front of the camera.
It only took nearly 74 years to pass the Anti-lynching law😮
I doubt very many kinescope recordings of network TV newscasts prior to the fall of 1951 still exist, probably because they were only seen in East Coast and Midwestern cities connected to network lines.
I don't think kinescopes of network newscasts were made for stations not connected to network lines, with those films flown for telecast the next day.
I suspect a lot more kinescopes exist of network newscasts after the fall of 1951, as network lines had reached the West Coast. Many live network programs, both news and entertainment, would be recorded in this manner for playback to California three hours later.
Douglas Edwards got screwed over by CBS News.
However, Mr. Edwards was loyal to CBS News and stayed with CBS News until he retired.
He also had personal issues
Like to find some of these old newscasts on dvd
They would have a huge story in a few weeks with the Brinks robbery.
That was a remarkably clear and clean kinescope. Was it cleaned up for upload? The audio was so crisp. No trace of AM microwave audio.
It sounds great. Almost indistinguishable from audio from the early 2000’s news broadcast
Not much has changed in Taiwan