Bartlesville Telemovie Experiment records, 1957-1991.

Video Independent Theatres, Inc.(Firm)

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Griffing, Henry J.

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Shapp, Milton J. (Milton Jerrold), 1912-1994

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Milton Jerrold Shapp (June 25, 1912 – November 24, 1994) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 40th Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1979. He was the state's first Jewish governor. Born Milton Jerrold Shapiro in Cleveland, Ohio, he earned a degree in engineering from the Case School of Applied Science. Shapp worked as a coal truck driver before moving to Pennsylvania to sell electronic parts. It was during this ...

Bartlesville Telemovie Experiment.

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The Bartlesville Telemovie Experiment was the test case for the first pay television. In 1957 competition from cable television resulted in a decline in movie house attendance. Henry J. Griffing, President of Video Independent Theatres Inc. and owner of the Bartlesville theatres in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, decided to bring movies into people's home via cable television. With Jerrold Electronics Corporation and General Precision Laboratories involved in the technology, the Bartlesville Telemovie S...

Jerrold Electronics Corporation.

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General Precision Laboratories.

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Bartlesville Telemovie System.

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