Serving Through Science (1946)

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How it feels

This early television series featured a host showing short educational films each week. The program was sponsored by a rubber company and aimed to teach viewers about science.

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What happens

Serving Through Science is "the first regular science-related network series" and the first educational television series broadcast in the United States. The series premiered on the DuMont Television Network in May 1945, and was shown Tuesdays at 9 pm ET. The weekly program starred Dr. Miller McClintock showing short films produced by Encyclopædia Britannica, and was sponsored by U. S. Rubber. The last show aired May 27, 1947. The series' name was also a slogan used by the sponsor in its advertising. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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