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The Launch Of ITV
ITV started broadcasting
to the London area on the 22nd of September 1955
The first programme was an outside broadcast from London's Guildhall
of a dinner to celebrate ITV's launch.
Prior to the start of
the programmes, a trailer had been shown, I guess during Trade Tests
to give viewers an idea of what the new service would be like.
Immediately before the
outside broadcast, a 4 minute film was shown,
featuring scenes of London
Both the trailer and the 4 minute film are available for you to download and enjoy
The trailer was voiced
by Leslie Mitchell and in it he refers to
Associated Broadcasting,
this was the original name of Lew Grade's company
unfortunately it's initials ABC were also used by another company, so after
a court case,
the original ABC changed it's name to ATV
Click on the screen shots below to view them, in MPEG 1 format.
Unless
you have a very fast Internet connection, right click the pictures below and
choose
"Save Target As" to download the file so you can view them off line.
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 ITV Start A very dignified beginning to what later was called public service television, paid for by advertisements - how things change Filesize 9.3mb |
Of course, what everybody
was waiting for was to see the commercials
Gibbs SR Toothpaste
The first ad ever shown on ITV
at 20:12 on the 22nd of September 1955
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From the start, the news
on ITV was provided by Independant Television News,
below you can download an early version of the opening titles
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573kb