[cbenham]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

Wikipedia claims Amahl was first broadcast in color in 1953, but surely this is a misreading of the UCLA listing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amahl_a...Night_Visitors


http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-b...vd_c9tGV&SID=1

UCLA's copy surely must be a much later version that was video taped.

Amahl was broadcast in color by NBC live on 12-20-1953. I think the kinescope of this is B&W. There is a review of this color broadcast in Broadcasting Magazine, attached.