For the uninitiated, that’s a kinescope frame, which was a movie film of a TV screen—the only way of recording a live broadcast before videotape was invented. In 1951, people with good reception would have seen quite a good quality picture. Kinescope badly degrades the picture.
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In this photo Truman looks a lot like Lyndon Johnson, doesn't he? Especially the right side of his face (to our left). Weird.
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It’s the kinescope but, yeah!
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Well, we let you read it, Tony. President Harry S Truman


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With your deep awareness of history (both of you), how on earth are you keeping your respective sanity during these troubling times that only seem to worsen with every passing month?
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