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Political Conventions, Jaws

June 21, 2012 by marcberman in Fun Stuff with 0 Comments

The first network telecast of political conventions aired live from Philadelphia in 1948. Viewers bored with the early summer TV options had a new available theatrical: Jaws, which opened on this day in 1975.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucMLFO6TsFM

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