WGAL TV8 Documentary Segment 2

A Pioneer in Television History: 60 Years of WGAL
This documentary takes lost archival film, photos and video to tell the story of the first small town in the US to have a television station. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Interviews with some of the stations original employees are seen in this opening segment of this 1 hour documentary. A DVD of the show can be purchased at http://www.wgal60.com It includes the show plus many extras and behind the scenes.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• classic television
• documentary
• tv
• television station
• history
• pioneer
• archival films
• Nixon
• NBC
• 3 mile island
• Hurricane Agnes
• 16mm film
• Perki Place
• camera
• WGAL
• Channel 8
• history of television

[takeoneprod2000]

thanks to everyone...we have sold out of the DVD's ! In the next week or so...I will post the other segments of this documentary, so if people want to see it, they will be able to. Check back and the rest of the segments will be up soon !

[takeoneprod2000]

This documentary has now been nominated for a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award !

[90sTVNews]

I bought the DVD and really enjoyed watching it! The segments were well researched. How long did it take to produce this documentary?

[takeoneprod2000]

Thanks for the kind comments. We began research in January of 2009. Late February, we did the interviews in Studio B at the station. Then it was post production. All the while, we were screening 16mm films from the 3rd floor...trying to find "lost gems" !

[Muziclvr07]

Janelle Stelson! Whadda ya know!

[Buckpenn]

Overall, my favorite local program on WGAL was "Call of the Outdoors". It was on early Sunday afternoons, and showed various outdoor scenes around South Central PA.