Brilliant memories from 1967….. and wonder-full visions for 2027 or before……. Thanks Lucas. 😊
Romy Shovelton Executive Director Wikima and the 5* Tyddyn Retreat Mid Wales Venue & Holiday Cottages www.wikima.com www.walescottageandvenue.com Facebook: Tyddyn Retreat Twitter: @MidWalesRetreat Instagram: tyddynretreat romy.shovel...@gmail.com r...@walescottageandvenue.com r...@wikima.com skype: romy shovelton +44 (0) 7767 370739 +44 (0) 1686 420725 Tyddyn y Pwll, Carno Caersws, Powys, SY17 5JU > On 6 Nov 2021, at 13:19, Lucas Cioffi via OSList > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > "This is our world. 5/7 ocean, 2/7 land. 135 sovereign countries. The home > of 3,400 million people, and tonight for the first time we can see right > round our world from sunset to dawn by television. Television stations in 14 > countries all around the world have joined up to make one program, this > program. In 43 control rooms all round the world, production teams are > monitoring and selecting the hundreds of pictures and sounds from 5 > continents which will combine to make this historic program." > > That was the opening from the 1967 live TV program, Our World > <https://youtu.be/s3LmQFt4pQc?t=41> which featured live footage such as a > baby being born in Mexico, the Beatles recording All You Need is Love in > London, subway construction in Tokyo, etc. > > I share this with the OS list because Harrison Owen raised the provocative > question, "What would it look like if 8 billion people were in conversation?" > In the context of where we've come since 1967 with 400 million people > watching that one highly produced program, maybe the question isn't so crazy > after all. > > Sincerely, > Lucas Cioffi > > > P.S. - Here's some additional random info/context about the 1967 broadcast > from Wikipedia... > Broadcast[edit > <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Our_World_(1967_TV_program)&action=edit§ion=3>] > The opening credits were accompanied by the Our World theme sung in 22 > different languages by the Vienna Boys' Choir > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Boys%27_Choir>.[7] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(1967_TV_program)#cite_note-EBU-7> > Canada's CBC Television <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBC_Television> had > Marshall McLuhan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan> being > interviewed in a Toronto television control room > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_studio#Production-control_room>. At > 7:17 pm GMT, the show switched to the United States' segment about the > Glassboro, New Jersey <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassboro,_New_Jersey> > conference between American president Lyndon Johnson > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_Johnson> and Soviet premier > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_the_Soviet_Union> Alexei Kosygin > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Kosygin>; since Our World insisted that > no politicians be shown, only the house where the conference was being held > was televised. National Educational Television > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Educational_Television>'s (NET) Dick > McCutcheon ended up talking about the impact of the new television technology > on a global scale.[1] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(1967_TV_program)#cite_note-CBC-1> > The show switched back to Canada at 7:18 pm GMT. Segments that were beamed > worldwide were from a Ghost Lake, Alberta > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta> ranch > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranch>, showing a rancher, and his cutting > horse <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_(sport)>, cutting out a herd of > cattle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle>. The last Canadian segment was > from Kitsilano Beach <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsilano_Beach>, located > in Vancouver <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver>'s Point Grey > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Grey> district at 7:19 pm GMT.[1] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(1967_TV_program)#cite_note-CBC-1> > At 7:20 pm GMT, the program shifted continents to Asia, with Tokyo, Japan > being the next segment. It was 4:20 a.m. local time and NHK > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHK> showed the construction of the Tokyo > subway <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway> system.[1] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(1967_TV_program)#cite_note-CBC-1> > The equator was crossed for the first time in the program when it switched to > the Australian contributions, which was at 5:22 a.m. Australian Eastern > Standard Time <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Australia> (AEST). This > was the most technically complicated point in the broadcast, as both the > Japanese and Australian satellite ground stations had to reverse their > actions: Tokyo had to go from transmit mode to receive mode, while Melbourne > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne> had to switch from receive to > transmit mode.[2] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(1967_TV_program)#cite_note-AirSpaceMag_1996-2> > The first segment dealt with trams > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W-class_Melbourne_tram> leaving the South > Melbourne tram depot > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Melbourne_tram_depot> with Australian > Broadcasting Commission > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation>'s Brian > King explaining that sunrise was many hours away as it was winter there.[1] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(1967_TV_program)#cite_note-CBC-1> > Two scientific segments, later on in the broadcast, were also included; one, > presented from Canberra by the ABC's Eric Hunter showed experiments being > carried out by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research > Organisation > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Scientific_and_Industrial_Research_Organisation> > (CSIRO) to extend the frequency of cereal crop cycles, while the second > dealt with the Parkes Observatory > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Observatory> tracking a deep space > object.[8] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(1967_TV_program)#cite_note-ABC-8> > The Beatles' sequence[edit > <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Our_World_(1967_TV_program)&action=edit§ion=4>] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:All_you_need_is_love.jpg> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:All_you_need_is_love.jpg>The Beatles > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles> performing "All You Need is Love > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Love>" > As the broadcast took place at the height of the Vietnam War > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War>, the Beatles were asked to write > a song with a positive message.[9] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(1967_TV_program)#cite_note-Twenty_Years-9> > At 8:54 GMT the Beatles topped the event with their debut performance of > "All You Need Is Love <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Love>". > The Beatles invited many of their friends to the event to create a festive > atmosphere and to join in on the song's chorus. Among the friends were > members of the Rolling Stones > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones>, Eric Clapton > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton>, Marianne Faithfull > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Faithfull>, Keith Moon > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Moon> and Graham Nash > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Nash>.[9] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(1967_TV_program)#cite_note-Twenty_Years-9> > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
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