A video shows the moment when countries switched from black and white to color television

Today, black and white television seems like something prehistoric, but many of our parents or grandparents lived through that change first hand, and remember it as one of the moments of their lives. Now we can relive it with a nostalgic video that compiles the exact moment when Several countries around the world are changing from black and white broadcasting to color.

The first television broadcast was carried out by the British BBC in 1936, and later by the American NBC in 1939. They were test transmissions that could only be received by a handful of people.

The first television broadcast in Spain was the work of TVE, in 1956. At that time in our country There were only 600 televisions.

The change from black and white television to color

For the first three decades, television broadcasts were in black and white. It was in 1953 that NBC in the United States began broadcasting some programmes in colour. But the audience was very small, because a colour television set cost more than a car.

Regular color broadcasts arrived in the United States in 1958.In other countries, it was much later.

In this nostalgic video you can see the moment when television channels in some countries changed from black and white to color:

Most European countries had broadcast special colour programmes in the 1960s, but Regular color broadcasting did not arrive until the 1970s.which was when color televisions became affordable to the general public.

It must be taken into account that it was a very important technological leap. Not only did the cameras used to record the television programmes have to be changed, but also the switchboards, the wiring, the televisions… It was a complete renovation.

As we see in the video, some countries visualized the change pressing an imaginary button that changed the image from black and white to colorOthers chose to do it during the newscast.

But there are also some original ideas. In 1972, Norway opted for a smoke and confetti show in a room decorated in bright colours to highlight the contrast. For television viewers, it must have been shocking.

Australia, in 1975, used a play where the actors wore clothes of different colors. Also very striking.

In Spain, the first broadcast recorded in colour was the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969.which was held at the Teatro Real in Madrid. Here you can watch this first TVE programme Color engraving:

TVE was supposed to broadcast the festival to all of Europe, but it did not have the infrastructure to film in color. So The BBC lent him some colour cameras.

While in Europe it was seen in full color, in Spain it was only in black and white, because as we say, TVE did not have the technology to broadcast in color.

The first color broadcast in Spain is very curiousbecause it happened at four in the morning. It was The boxing match between Joe Frazier and Cassius Clay, March 8, 1971.

Regular broadcasts began with the 1972 Munich Olympics, but black-and-white programmes and advertisements remained, until 1978.

Black and white television seems like a thing of the past, but it still existed in Spain 46 years ago. The change to color revolutionized the way of doing things television. The costumes, the decoration, and many other aspects of the filming of the programs and series had to be taken great care of.

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