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Andre,

I don't believe any railfans could afford video recording equipment 
in the 1950s. Most folks in those days were doing good to buy one of 
those new B&W TV consoles.

Still, I wonder what it would take to get the network to make a copy 
of the show from their video archives, assuming the footage was 
recorded and is still playable.

Ron Davis

At 11:11 PM 3/31/2007, you wrote:

>Anybody unearthed a  tape of this event?

>

>Andre Jackson and/or Lisa Burrows

>Life is short; update your anti-virus software

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>>The Today show broadcast from Roanoke on May 15-16, 1958. There was

>>an interview segment with Stuart Saunders standing next to the

>>Pocahontas, and a filmed (not live) segment riding the cab of the J

>>between Roanoke and Bedford. There was a two page article in the June

>>1958 N&W Magazine. pages 344-345.

>>Having worked in the television business for 11 years, The first

>>satellite to orbit the earth was Sputnik in October 1957, just about

>>7 months prior to this broadcast. As I recall, it was capable of

>>broadcasting a "beep" tone every few seconds during its orbit.

>>Satellite television broadcasting did not originate until sometime in

>>1962, when Telstar was launched to become the first television

>>broadcast satellite. Live broadcasting in those days was a

>>considerable technical feat with a small scale broadcast truck at the

>>site. Satellite or microwave broadcasting that is common today was

>>unheard of in 1958.

>>Ken Miller