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(11,093 posts) Thu Jan 21, 2016, 08:35 AM Jan 2016

Mahatma Gandhi First Television Interview (30 April 1931)

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Mahatma Gandhi First Television Interview (30 April 1931) (Original Post) Tab Jan 2016 OP

That is not a television interview. Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #1

Well, it wasn't really television Tab Jan 2016 #2

Nah it was a news reel. They ran in movie theaters. Like the horrible ads we have to sit through now Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #3

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

1. That is not a television interview.

Reply to Tab (Original post)

Thu Jan 21, 2016, 08:45 AM

Jan 2016

It's fascinating but it is a newsreel that ran in movie theaters before the feature.

Tab

(11,093 posts)

2. Well, it wasn't really television

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 21, 2016, 08:49 AM

Jan 2016

I just took the title as given. Television didn't really exist back then. Televised would be a more proper term.

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

3. Nah it was a news reel. They ran in movie theaters. Like the horrible ads we have to sit through now

Reply to Tab (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 21, 2016, 08:57 AM

Jan 2016

except more interesting and informative. I realize it wasn't your title, I'm just surprised by the lack of awareness that in 1931 television was very experimental and that Fox MovieTone News was one of several newsreel services that made short films in rapid production-release mode that played in movie theaters around the world. It was a big deal up until the early 60s when actual TV put it out of business.

here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movietone_News

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