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Originally Posted by colortel
Portions of the JFK Inauguration were Telecast in Color. I recall playing hookey from Westside high school in Omaha to stay home to watch it on the 21-inch Hallicrafters color television in our home. I do not know if a color video tape survives of this event.
Ed Reitan
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Ed,
My faux-paux for incorrectly assuming, in my AK post, that the JFK inaugural contained no live color tv elements. At least portions, if not all of the inaugural parade were telecast in color by NBC. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. You list this NBC color first on your site and I also found reference at the following sites:
"I Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations
The text:
First time that the parade was televised in color (NBC). (New York
Times, 1/15/1961).
Also this from the C-SPAN.org site:
Fun Fact: John F. Kennedy's inauguration the first time the inaugural parade was televised in color (on NBC).
I will be at the library next week and will locate the NY Times article and send it along to you.
-Steve D.