television broadcasts of World Series games (even though World Series telecasts have aired in color since ). However, they were "truck feeds" in that they do not contain original commercials, but show a static image of the Shea Stadium field between innings. Games 1 and 2 were only saved as black and white kinescopes provided by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which also preserved all seven games of the and 1968 World Series (plus the 1965 All-Star Game and 1968 All-Star Game) in black and white kinescope. 1950s Notes By , World Series games could be seen in most of the country, but not all. Also in 1950, the Mutual Broadcasting System acquired the exclusive television broadcast rights to the World Series and All-Star Game for the next six years. Mutual, which had no television network at the time (and indeed never developed one), may have been reindulging in TV network dreams or simply taking advantage of a long-standing business relationship; in either case, the network sold its rights to NBC in time for the following season's games at an enormous profit. marked the first time that the World Series was televised exclusively by one network (NBC), as well as the first time it was televised from coast to coast. – Brooklyn Dodgers announcer Red Barber wanted a higher fee from Gillette, which sponsored the World Series telecasts on NBC, than was offered. When Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley refused to back him, Barber declined Gillette's fee, and his then-assistant Vin Scully (who at 25 years of age became the youngest announcer to call the play-by-play of a World Series, a distinction which still stands) was partnered with the New York Yankees' Mel Allen during the series instead. In his 1968 autobiography Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat, Barber claims O'Malley's lack of support as his reason for subsequently resigning from the Dodgers' booth and joining the Yankees' prior to the 1954 season. marked the first time that the World Series was televised in color. For the and Series, both of which featured the New York Yankees and Milwaukee Braves, the games played in New York were televised in color while the games in Milwaukee were shown in black and white, due to the distance between the cities being too great for NBC's color equipment to be moved in time between games. 1959 – Locally, the NBC feed was carried in Los Angeles