Earliest Conference Recordings

[CASteinman]

In thinking about Conference coming up, I was reviewing the history of Conference in General and the way that we as a Church have changed.

I have heard the recorded testimonies of prophets starting with Wilford Woodruff. In searching for those, I found other recordings of various Conference talks starting with the 70's. But once in a while I would find something older.

This is an eclectic group of individuals here -- with broad interest areas and lots of depth of knowledge. So you might know where I can find these two things:

1. Example of the First Audio Recording of a General Conference Talk.

2. Example of the First Video of a General Conference Talk.

As for Item 1, I found this:

As for Item 2, I found this:

Which I estimate to be about 1950 and it looks like General Conference, but I do not know.

[Tacenda]

Thanks for these. Definitely the days before teleprompters.

Edited March 26, 2013 by Tacenda

[CASteinman]

Very interesting. Up to now this post has the lowest ratio of replies to reads. I suppose this means that no one knows of any earlier or more likely candidates for General Conference recordings.

[Tacenda]

Testing 123...

[Kenngo1969]

Very interesting. Up to now this post has the lowest ratio of replies to reads. I suppose this means that no one knows of any earlier or more likely candidates for General Conference recordings.

Testing 123...

Now blow into the microphone!