[N.B.C trade releases]. (1955)

Page scan 000141 from [N.B.C trade releases].

Record Details:

Title:
[N.B.C trade releases].
Date:
1955
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : National Broadcasting Company]
Volume:
[N.B.C trade releases].
Leaf #:
000141
Language:
English
Subjects:
National Broadcasting Company -- Periodicals, Television programs -- United States -- Periodicals","Radio programs -- United States -- Periodicals","Press releases
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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May 10, 1955 TRADE NEWS A SERVICE OF VAL PETER30N, CIVIL DEFENSE HEAD, LAUDS AMERICA'S TV INDUSTRY FOR VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE RENDERED BY A-BOMB TEST COVERAGE America's television industry was lauded yesterday (May 9) by Val Peterson, head of the Federal Civil Defense Administration, for the vital public service it rendered in putting into the nation's living rooms the picture and story of the Atomic Civil Defense exercise at Yucca Flat, Nev, NBC transmitted the tremendous story of Survival City, in a pooled operation with CBS, to millions of home set owners from coast to coast. Coverage included not only the actual blast in all its enormity during the pre-dawn hours of last Thursday, but also the extensive pre-blast preparations as well as the graphic follow-up survey of the bomb's destructive night. It was upon his return to Las Vegas after inspecting this post-explosion destruction of Survival City at Yucca Flat, that Governor Peterson issued this congratulatory statement: "The American television industry has provided a tremendous service to the people of the United States and all of North America, "While the American people have been privileged to see (more ) PRESS DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK 20, NEW YORK