The Czechoslovak Newsreal 418/1953

First experimental Czechoslovak Television broadcast began on May 1st1953 and lasted one hour. During the broadcast, actor František Filipovský performed a sample of Molière's The Miser. The television signal was transmitted from the roof of the studio to Petřín Tower, and was then transmitted on. The signal range was a little further than the Greater Prague area. The first broadcast was watched b…