Thomas Goldsmith - Archive Interview Part 1 of 9

Part of a 9-part interview with Dr. Thomas Goldsmith (1910-2009). Dr. Goldsmith described in detail, technical challenges he and Allen B. DuMont overcame as they developed electronic television at DuMont Laboratories. Goldsmith began with DuMont working out of a basement
and later stayed with the company as the Du Mont Network was created, until it's failure in 1955. The interview was conducted by Eric Bremner on November 14, 1997. Visit emmytvlegends.org for more links.

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[MrTantalust]

I was a neighbor of the Goldsmiths when I was a kid, and Mr. Dumont's huge dish antenna on his lawn aimed at NYC was always intriguing - these interviews are fascinating, thank-you.