Terry O'Reilly

speaker

4,557 appearances 20 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard yesterday

Terry O'Reilly’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

Trend

recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 20 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 5.

newest first · ▶ plays the moment

As a matter of fact, most people who visited the World's Fair were skeptical of it.

They didn't believe they were actually watching a live picture.

They thought it was a trick.

People assumed that first RCA television screen was just showing pre-recorded motion pictures.

So RCA and Sarnoff had to demonstrate the new medium in order to generate excitement.

Because if people were excited, they would buy television sets.

RCA installed several new television sets in the pavilion, but there was one special one.

Unlike the other TV cabinets made of wood, this one was made of transparent lucite.

It let the skeptical public look behind the screen to see the internal components, proving the television wasn't hiding a movie projector.

Then RCA went one step further to demonstrate this amazing technology.

The public was invited to step in front of the lone NBC TV camera and actually see themselves appear live on the television screen.

It created audible gasps and cheers.

They were then given an official document with their name on it.

It certified they had actually been televised at the New York World's Fair.

Seeing was believing.

Seeing is believing in the world of marketing too.

You can talk about a product, you can sing about a product, and you can take great photographs of a product.

But if you can actually demonstrate how the product works in a dramatic way, if you can show people in real time how the product solves a problem...

Well, that's the most powerful advertising in the world.

It all comes down to five simple words.

Showing 2541–2560 of 4,557 · page 128 of 228