The First Hogmanay Broadcast by STV on 31st December 1957
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Uploaded by Tamagamoy on Aug 28, 2010
STV's first Hogmanay broadcast was in 1957 and came from Glasgow's Theatre Royal, home of STV's operations in the early days.
Director of programmes Rai Purdy presented this special in-house and on-location broadcast, with footage of revellers gathering at Glasgow Cross and the city's Tolbooth Steeple....There is also a ceilidh from inside one of the STV studios as well as carol singing from "one of Scotland's finest groups", the Phoenix Choir.
"Throughout the entire Commonwealth people will be celebrating," welcomed Canadian producer Purdy. "But the way they celebrate is largely influenced by Scots....."It's a time when hospitality knows no bounds. Won't you join us? Here we go, as the saying goes, for a wee peek at the Glasgow Cross."
The year that was 1957 included such historical moments as the Suez crisis, leading to the resignation of British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden. It was also the year the Soviet Union launched their Sputnik spacecraft missions..STV had appeared on the nation's TV screens just a few months before this broadcast after being awarded the independent television franchise for central Scotland...The venture was spearheaded by Canadian businessman Roy Thomson, who described it as a "licence to print money" and had also acquired The Scotsman newspaper in 1953............................................
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Thomson_of_Fleet
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the only thing the spoiled this video was the the unScottish man at the beginning
the89boi 1 month ago
STV first started transmitting its programmes on 31st August 1957
MrBanjoed 1 year ago
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Bonjurno100 1 year ago