THE 1948 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (NBC-TV HIGHLIGHTS)(PART 1)

Part 1 of 2.

If you like "golden TV oldies", you should enjoy this 2-part YouTube series, which takes us back to the very earliest days of television -- 1948.

Harry Truman defeats Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 U.S. Presidential Election....and "Life-NBC TV" was there (including co-anchor John Cameron "It Takes A Licking And Keeps On Ticking" Swayze).

This was the first Presidential election during the "TV era". The reporting methods were primitive and the camerawork was crude and rough at times, but this is American TV as it was more than 60 years ago, and it's great to see that some of the things from way back then managed to survive the six interim decades.

This footage is even three years older than the debut of "I Love Lucy"! Now that's really going way back!

PART 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdoatFncMzQ

PAST ELECTIONS (A PLAYLIST):
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FD553B431DE1E763

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• 1948
• Election
• NBC-TV