Plaque

John Logie Baird & Television broadcast

John Logie Baird & Television broadcast John Logie Baird & Television broadcast
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From this site John Logie Baird broadcast the first television programme in Great Britain on the 30 September 1929.
The Royal Television Society

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Television

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John Logie Baird

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