Iluminace 2017, 29(1):91-99 | DOI: 10.58193/ilu.1505
On One Archival Document and a Panic about the Introduction of Television in Czechoslovakia
Development and Current State of Czechoslovak Television (1951)
The analyzed secret report from 1951 documents the politically enforced and technically unprepared introduction of television broadcasting in Czechoslovakia, which during the Cold War was primarily intended to serve as a new tool of ideological propaganda and a counterweight to Western radio.
Keywords: Czechoslovak television, political propaganda, Cold War, 1951, secret report
Published: March 1, 2017 Show citation
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