1996 Racalmuto Chiama Hamilton - The World's First Satellite Communication Uniting Two Communities

Описание: This video, courtesy of Gabe Macaluso, is about the world's first satellite communication across the ocean, held on July 10th, 1996 uniting two communities: Racalmuto, Sicily with Hamilton, Canada. The significance of this emotional event is that it occurred in a pre-internet era with limited international communication. This satellite event established the live reunion of relatives across the sea who have not seen each other for 30, 40 and, some, for as long as 50 years. Excerpts of this video were featured at the 2015 Sicilia Canta celebration in Hamilton as a precursor to the 30th anniversary of the twinning relationship between these two cities. This satellite event was also featured in the covideo documentary, Virtually The Best of Sicilia Canta - presented by Gabe Macaluso who initiated this historic event between both communities together with his counterpart in Racalmuto, Assessore at the time, Calogero Giglia. Thank you to Gabe Macaluso for making this video available for all to share and to Emilio Mascia for emceeing the event in Canada along with Antonella Gurrieri who hosted in Racalmuto. Also involved in the production were the late Frank Denardis from CHCH TV and Domenic Stanchieri , Technical Engineer who oversaw the signal transmission between Canada and Italy.