Monday, December 01, 2008

The world's first program beamed around the world by satellite: Watch Online


From 1967 comes a wild piece of media history. "Our World" was the first television program broadcast around the world via satellite. First the acclaimed media guru Marshall Mcluhan (check out the Youtube video below to catch a clip of McLuhan giving Woody Allen the thrill of his life) gives his 2 cents on what's about to happen and then we check out segmets from New Jersey, Alberta, Vancouver, Tokyo and finally tram yards in Australia

Here's the clip with Woody Allen and Marshall Mcluhan:


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