Early Red Sox and Braves TV history

[Donna Halper]

>Kevin asked--
>
>Donna does the first film of the leaders of the day welcoming WBZ-TV
>exist? I have read that it included the Governor, Mayor, Archbishop
>Cushing and others.

It was quite an event, and I assume somebody must have filmed it-- 
maybe the Library of Congress or the Boston University media 
archives?  I've never heard it mentioned at WBZ, but maybe one of the 
old-timers there knows where a kinescope exists.

>Kevin wrote--
>I believe the film included a welcome from a Jewish leader who died a
>couple of hours before it was shown.

Yes, what a tragedy-- Joshua Loth Liebman of Temple Israel, one of 
the most beloved religious leaders and a best-selling motivational 
author.  He died of a heart attack very suddenly, not long after 
filming his welcome message.  He was only 48 and it turned out he had 
undiagnosed heart disease.