Scanning our past from The Netherlands : the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the early days of Eurovision

Televising the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (see Fig. 1) on June 2, 1953, now 50 years ago, not only highlighted the start of pan-European cooperation with regards to the exchange of TV programs, but was also instrumental in achieving a better understanding among European peoples. Several years earlier, in 1947, Marcel Bezençon, the director of Radio Lausanne, had proposed to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) the draft constitution of an international organization for radio and TV broadcasting. At that time, TV standards had been developed in Eu... Mehr ...