As early as 1907, the Scientific American magazine used the word
television to describe the transmission of moving pictures.
Scottish inventor John L. Baird first telecasted an object in
motion in England, 1926. On May 11, 1928, General Electric began
the first regular broadcast station, WGY, in Schenectady, New
York. These milestones paved the way for the coming television
revolution. The high cost of the technology prevented the
television from becoming widespread until the Fifties. On D-Day,
June 6, 1944, the Allies stormed Normandy coast of France,
beginning the liberation of Europe from the Axis Powers. Just
approximately 23 hours later, London's news chief at Blue
Network (later to become ABC), George Hicks broadcasted footage
of the invasion over television. He had recorded the film with a
portable Navy camera from the ship S.S. Ancon, 8 miles of the
coast. Before then, there had been no televised coverage of the
war for security reasons. Hailed as a great success, pre-
recorded films of "live events" s