I'm sure someone will correct me if this is wrong, but according to the BBC, their first non-experimental broadcast in the UK was on 14 November 1922, from the London studio of Guglielmo Marconi (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/story/1920s.shtml). My assumption is that this was the first non-experimental TV broadcast in the UK by any entity. --- Jonathan A. Cullum Auburn University Auburn, Alabama, USA "The secret of being a bore is to tell everything." --Voltaire >>> [log in to unmask] 3/2/2005 2:20:58 AM >>> I'd like a list of first broadcasts for TV by nation. Does one exist or shall we compile one? In Australia the first non-test broadcast is cited as the Commonwealth Games of 1956. In Israel I am told it was a parade or some sort of ceremony of honour after the 1967 war. What was it in France, Japan, USSR, Peru...? I'd like more of these firsts. Thanks in advance. Karen Orr Vered, PhD Senior Lecturer Screen Studies Flinders University GPO Box 2100 Adelaide 5001 South Australia voice 61 8 8201 3198 fax 61 8 8201 3635 [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html