The Invention of Television (1929)
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- čas přidán 12. 04. 2014
- "When will the next marvel...television...become commonplace? A few years ago a Scientist named Baird experimented with this crude machine...." C/U of primitive machinery. Different shot of the same machine. L/S of row of houses with tall pylons outside. C/U of window at the back of a house which has wires attached to a device in the window pane. Interior. C/U of man pulling a switch and turning a dial. C/U of a man making notes on a piece of paper and talking into a microphone. "Primitive to look at, this transmitting gear sent vision across the Atlantic early in 1928." C/Us of more broadcasting machinery. "Today, television is an accomplished fact...and Baird's machine (which was tested by the Postmaster General recently) daily 'televises' through the ether." M/S of one of the machines being operated, L/S of the same. "The rotating disc scans the object televised, thus permitting the electric eye to transmit the light and shade of the subject under the ray..." C/U of part of the machine in operation. Various shots of the different parts of the transmitting machinery. "Dancing shadows...on Mr. George Gee, the famous comedian (of "Hold Everything" at the Palace Theatre.)" C/U of George Gee speaking into a microphone, presumably being "televised".
"Today's transmitter is a vast advance on the old Coulsdon gear of 1925."M/S of man standing beside equipment twiddling knobs. Low angle shot of transmitter poles. "On the receiving machine George Gee's face is "smiling through". M/S of five girls gathered around the two receiving machines. C/U of a round piece of glass which appears to be receiving a picture of the comedian. (Looks to me like it has been faked by superimposition). A girl's hand turns a knob on the primitive television set. "And Miss Mamie Watson...also of "Hold Everything"...is also experiencing her first taste of television." C/U of Mamie speaking into a microphone, being "televised". "Inside the receiver...Another whirling disc, and a special neon light which flicks the image into being." C/U of the whirling disc. C/U of man lifting off part of the machine which covers the neon light. C/U of two girls looking into the receiver, they chat and laugh. C/U of the receiver with an image of Mamie upon the glass. (Again almost definitely faked). Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 583. Note: flash-frame intertitles. Two safety prints exist.
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When you tell people that television actually started as a mechanical contrivance, nobody believes you! Initially learned of it when I was young from a 1929 edition of “The Encyclopedia of Knowledge” that also talked about robotics of the day. Excellent video!!
Those TV from the 1920s is traveling though space..... Aliens Are Seeing them Now.....this will be in the air we breathe forever.....a Alien Planet with Human talent 1000 years ahead of us....are pulling this right out of the Nature of this Universe!!!!.
Imagine what those people would think about our current TVs. I don't even think they'd be able to understand or comprehend how it works.
thank you for whoever posted this video- we should all feel honored these people led the way
Ditch the inappropriate music, please.
Now we use it to watch campy soap operas
Still seems like magic to me lol. Imagine trying to turn what is essentially radio with pictures, where on earth would you start. Incredible.
John Baird was a genius who also helped in the engineering of the electronic television.
The title cards blink away too quickly!
I worked with in a TV factory. for 30 years. Had seen as many tv tubes. From antique to most modern! Then got to SEE the museum and the rotary setup it was a Real trip. Glad I worked for Sylvania/ Magnavox/ G.T.&E. FOR 30 YEARS. Sgt Williams( RET)
WOW!
Where would we be if not for the legacy these early pioneers gave us. They worked tirelessly with little resources but they never gave up on their inventive spirit. I look forward with anticipation to the bright shining stars that will make this world a better place.
We think we're living in wild times with cell phones. But back then, TV/film was every bit as cutting edge. The Wild West era had ended 30 years or so prior. Well within the lifetime of many people alive in the 1920s.
I wish they would keep the dialog cards up instead of flashing them for less than a second.
I believe that part of this film was taken in the radio shack of Ben Clapp who helped Baird with the Trans-Atlantic tests using his amateur radio call sign.
Awesome!
How this kind of theories came in their minds . One box can reveal the 🌎 ... Hats off
The footage of the "receiver" looks completely fake (
We feel honor
It’s so sad that these inventors and people in the 1920s died