The Edsel Show

October 13, 1957
CBS-TV broadcasts The Edsel Show, a one-hour live special starring Bing Crosby designed to promote the new, ill-fated Ford automobile, on this date.

It is the first and currently the oldest surviving show on videotape. It was aired live on this date in prime time, and simultaneously taped and filmed in kinescope for the sole purpose of broadcasting for the three-hour time delay on the West Coast.

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