Norway 1972 black and white to color TV transition
by Viral Ivory: Norway
norway 1972 tv transition from b&w to color, wild how late some places were
Transcript (en)
The cameras you see before you are color cameras. They are now transmitting a black and white picture. By pressing this button, which I now do, the cameras are transmitting a live color picture. For the Dutch television. I'm in the dark! The colour! It's leaking through the window! Who? A filming thing all over my new carpet! Look, it's filling the room! How are we gonna breathe? Quick, I'll put the woollen gong here! I'll try and hold it down! There it is! Hey, look at me! Look at me! I'm in colour! Come on in, it's lovely! I can't hold it on very long, Brooks. Here it goes, Harper. Oh, what a beautiful room. Et voici la couleur. Au jour fixé et à l'heure dite.
