# Telstar Telecast

Unedited silent footage of people watching the Telstar first live transatlantic television telecast in 1962. National Archives Description: "VS, French and Americans watching TV set in store window. Shots of the monitor showing scenes from program. CU, set showing Pres. Kennedy speaking. Ints, Hi-Lite Service Club at Andrews Barracks. Troops of the Berlin Command watch the Telestar \[SIC\] program. CU, TV screen showing Pres. Kennedy speaking. Ext, signs: "Hi-Lite Service Club;" "Andrews Barracks;" "HQ 1st BG, 8th US Infantry." Int, Amerika Haus. Germans and Americans watching the program. CUs, TV screen. Ext, sign: 'Amerika Haus.' Ints, Arena Service Club. American and Italians watching the live television transmission." National Archives Identifier: 28957

- Kind: TV
- Year: 1962
- Runtime: 7 min
- By: Department of Defense
- Genres: War
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/TelestarTelecast)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.