Very interesting, thanks Mike. I find the history of wartime television fascinating.
I recall reading in the book 'V2' by Major-General Walter Dornberger on the history of the V-2 rocket that for the first successful flight on 3rd October 1942 at Peenemünde, a television crew from Siemens was present in the control block. It doesn't mention that the event was publicly televised (presumably not), but does say that the engineers watched the television screens for the launch. By the way this is a really excellent book.
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