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Project Teleview: Opening Night

1959

Project Teleview: Opening Night

1959

  • NFSA ID1KZF6T19
  • TypeTelevision
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormDocumentary
  • Duration30 mins
  • GenresNews
  • Year1959

A clip from the documentary Project Teleview about the planning, building and opening of TVW 7, Perth, Western Australia in 1959.

This clip shows station staff preparing for the official station opening, and director Bev Gledhill and director’s assistant Penny Hoes working in the control room on the opening night on 16 October 1959.

We also see the arrival of guests for the opening night, including His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia Sir Charles Gardner.

Courtesy of
Seven Network

A clip from the documentary Project Teleview about the planning, building and opening of TVW 7, Perth, Western Australia in 1959.

This clip shows station staff preparing for the official station opening, and director Bev Gledhill and director’s assistant Penny Hoes working in the control room on the opening night on 16 October 1959.

We also see the arrival of guests for the opening night, including His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia Sir Charles Gardner.

Courtesy of
Seven Network
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