Television Camera at the Berlin Olympics (1936)

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The 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin were the first major television event used by the National Socialists to present their regime positively abroad. In twenty-five so-called “television rooms” more than 150,000 spectators gazed at screens, watching sporting competitions that had been recorded with a television camera in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium by the German Television Broadcasting Station. The German Television Broadcasting Station [Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk or DFR] was the world’s first regular television broadcaster. At first, its broadcasts reached only a very select audience, since its range was limited to greater Berlin and relatively few households could afford televisions at that point in time.

Source: The first ever German television camera reporting from Berlin's Olympic Stadium.