Main content

July 1948 - London 1948 - The first televised Olympic Games

Approximately 100,000 UK households had a television in 1948, yet 68.5 hours of live Olympic coverage was broadcast by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. Most viewers watched on screens measuring about 25 by 20 centimetres. In its day, this was the most technically advanced outside broadcast undertaken by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.

Release date:

Duration:

2 minutes

More clips from History of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½