Election 1966: Election Night Preview
1. Election 1966: Election Night Preview with details of how the AKTV2 studio has been set up for coverage of the General Election tomorrow night. --2. The introduction of an electronic computer system which will have data imputed from the telephones and teleprinter which will then be compared with data from the 1963 election results. These results can be printed out on a card for the psephologist Professor Chapman for analysis. The data is stored on magnetic stripes on the on the cards. -- 3. Ends with a Town and Around spoof on the non-voters.
Election 1966: Election Night Preview
Primary Title
- Election 1966: Election Night Preview
Date Broadcast
- Friday 25 November 1966
Start Time
- 19 : 00
Finish Time
- 19 : 18
Duration
- 18:04
Channel
- NZBC TV - AKTV-2
Broadcaster
- New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Station
- AKTV-2
Owning Organisation
- New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
- Election 1966: Election Night Preview
Episode Description
- 1. Election 1966: Election Night Preview with details of how the AKTV2 studio has been set up for coverage of the General Election tomorrow night. --2. The introduction of an electronic computer system which will have data imputed from the telephones and teleprinter which will then be compared with data from the 1963 election results. These results can be printed out on a card for the psephologist Professor Chapman for analysis. The data is stored on magnetic stripes on the on the cards. -- 3. Ends with a Town and Around spoof on the non-voters.
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television (Audio only)
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- Yes
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Comedy
- Current affairs
- Politics
Hosts
- Keith Bracey (Host)
Contributors
- Tom Finlayson NZBC (Reporter)
- Mr. Christianson (Computer technician)
- Mr. Wright (Computer Technician)
- Colin Hill NZBC (Reporter)
- Jack Irvine, Returning Officer, Auckland Central (Speaker)
- Graham Wear NZBC (Editor)
- Professor Robert Chapman (Commentator)