Television, like movies, was black and white at first. With cinema, it was simple: first they created and developed black-and-white film, and then they made color film. Therefore, the transition from black and white to color film was consistent.
With television, things were a little different. Color TV technology appeared back in the 1940s - in fact, to shoot a color image learned almost immediately with black and white. However, the first TV programs in color began to appear only in the mid-1950s.
The TV people were happy to show color right away, but there was a problem — everyone had only black-and-white TV sets. It took years for millions of viewers to buy a color TV and patiently watch black and white images on it, just as they had before.
From 1951 to 1953, the production of color TV sets in the U.S. was illegal — the government was trying to save resources against the backdrop of the Korean War
But now the time has come — countries have started to switch completely to color broadcasting. And they tried to make this transition festive, to play up and promote it. We have collected a few examples of such “transitions”.
Norway 1972
Creative and humorous! The main thing is only to tear the rope, not the wire with the broadcast.
USA, 1967
Not that there was much color — but loved the moment with the anchorman being “transplanted” to a new, color seat.
USA, 1958
In fact, the U.S. has switched to color TV several times. A decade before the video above, the anchor pressed a special “color” button.
Germany, 1958
In Germany, too, they pressed a colored button (which, though, looks more like a bicycle bell). We don't know about you, but it's a bit scary to hear German speech when the button is pressed.
Australia, 1975
The most psychedelic transition video ever. It's a pity that drugs were not legalized in Australia in those times — the viewers would have definitely appreciated the broadcast, combining pleasure and good.
France 1967
And lastly, the most boring (and most French) transition video ever. Just beautiful men in suit jackets, just standing there and getting colored.
