First outdoor television broadcast

According to Official Guinness Records,

During the Baird Company's morning programme on 8 May 1931, scenes of Long Acre, London, were transmitted from a van parked by the kerb outside the television studio. Prior to this, all programmes had been made under powerful artifical lighting.

For a complete list of 1931 records, please visit 1931 Guinness Records in United Kingdom.

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