''Camera Headlines'' was an early American

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series that aired from January 1948 to 1949 on the

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Broadcast history

DuMont's previous national news program, ''

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'', had premiered on DuMont station

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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

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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 ''

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'' following at 7:45pm on Tuesdays only. ''Camera Headlines'' also aired weekdays 12:30 to 12:45pm ET. The DuMont daytime schedule beginning in January 1949 was:''What Women Watched: Daytime Television in the 1950s'' (University of Texas Press, 2005) by Marsha Cassidy *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 ''

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'' *2:30-3pm '' Inside Photoplay'' (''The Wendy Barrie Show'') *3-3:15pm ''

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'' *3:15-3:30pm ''Vincent Lopez Speaking'' (''

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'')

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

Bibliography

*David Weinstein, ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'' (Philadelphia:

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, 2004) *Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', Fourth edition (New York:

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, 1964)

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0319968
DuMont historical website
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