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Country of origin
  
United States

Original release
  
January 1948 – 1949

Final episode date
  
1949

Language
  
English

Running time
  
15/30 minutes

First episode date
  
January 1948

Genre
  
News

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Camera Headlines was an early American television series that aired from January 1948 to 1949 on the DuMont Television Network.

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Broadcast history

DuMont's previous national news program, The Walter Compton News, had premiered on DuMont station WTTG in June 1947, then on the DuMont network on August 25, 1947, but was off the air by January 1948. This show had movie publicist Compton (1912-1959) reading news from a script with the occasional use of slides.

Premiering in January 1948, Camera Headlines was an attempt by DuMont to present a TV news program using newsreel film footage. As with some other early television programs, there is conflicting information about the show, with some sources reporting that the series was 30 minutes long, while other sources stating it was 15 minutes long. Camera Headlines aired Monday through Friday at 7:30 pm Eastern Time, with I.N.S. Telenews following at 7:45pm on Tuesdays only.

According to the book What Women Watched: Daytime Television in the 1950s (University of Texas Press, 2005) by Marsha Cassidy, Camera Headlines also aired weekdays 12:30 to 12:45pm ET. According to the book, the DuMont daytime schedule beginning in January 1949 was:

  • 10-10:30am Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room
  • 10:30-11am Welcome, Neighbors
  • 11am-12noon The Stan Shaw Show
  • 12noon-12:15pm Amanda
  • 12:15-12:30pm Man in the Street
  • 12:30-12:45pm Camera Headlines
  • 12:45-1pm Fashions in Song
  • 1-1:30pm Okay, Mother
  • 2:30-3pm Inside Photoplay (The Wendy Barrie Show)
  • 3-3:15pm The Needle Shop
  • 3:15-3:30pm Vincent Lopez Speaking (The Vincent Lopez Show)
  • Episode status

    As with most DuMont programs, no episodes of Camera Headlines are known to survive. Little else is known about the series, even though it aired on a major United States television network.

    References

    Camera Headlines Wikipedia


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