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Posted on 02/06/03

The jewel in its crown: CBC beat foes at coronation

It would be a series of fuzzy images projected from small black-and-white screens, but that was enough to entice thousands of Canadians to rush out and buy their first televisions to watch the Queen's coronation 50 years ago today.

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