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SHELL PRESENTED THE FIRST TELEVISION IN AUSTRALIA

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Extracted from page 02/153 of “A History of Royal Dutch Shell, volume 2” Powering the Hydrocarbon Revolution, 1939-1973. 

In cities like London and New York, television had just begun to spread before the Second World War interrupted its development. Shell quickly perceived its value as an advertising medium and in 1949 sponsored the first full demonstration of television in Australia (above). 

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