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TV experiments at NZBS, March 1951

A ballet demonstration shown in the NZBS's first closed-circuit TV demonstrations in March 1951. Photographed circa 15 March 1951 by an Evening Post photographer.

Other programmes shown in these demonstrations included the Ngāti Pōneke Club performing a Māori stick game and radio personality Aunt Daisy showing how to use an electric frypan.

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  • Television broadcasting of Parliament
    Television in New Zealand

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television
1950s
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 114/269/05-G
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image

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