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Did You Know - The First Broadcast
1953 was a groundbreaking year for the Academy and television viewers alike. For the first time, television cameras covered the Academy Awards presentation. In addition to the event at the Pantages Theatre, hosted by Bob Hope, a companion event took place in New York at the NBC International Theatre, hosted by Conrad Nagel. Cameras switched back and forth between the two shows, depending on the location of the presenter or the winner. The show received the largest single audience to that date in television's five-year commercial history. Today the Academy Awards are broadcast throughout the world and they continue to be the world’s preeminent entertainment awards show.
Photo is of Producer Cecil B. DeMille, who won the Best Picture Oscar for THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.
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