The girl jumping out of the TV foreshadows 60-plus years of pursuit...
Magic in the Air
"A simple explanation with animated diagram shows the basic principles of television, this newest magic of the ether waves. This film takes you behind the scenes of television studios at Radio City, shows you the construction of the iconoscope, which is the sender and of the kinescope which is the receiver."
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I actually learned some things from this film. Even though I have a degree in the physical sciences, admittedly the basic engineering of a TV has escaped me. It is a pretty amazing historical film, in that it quickly summarizes what the future of American culture will be. Growing up I heard the stories of life without even electricity let alone radio, and by my generation we have so integrated modern telecommunications into our lives that its fun to take a visual trip back to the early days. The roots, back when each techno-advance was nearly overwhelming in its potential and cultural fascination. These days the latest advance in this or that may affect everyone in a broad way, but certainly we live in such a huge pool of gadgets that changes can go unnoticed by many folks, those unwired we hear of in the news. And so this point of time during early WWII is significant in my estimation, because TV was one of the early test runs for modern telecommunication technology, with following related breakthroughs merely adding to the diversity of media. Next on the Google Network, beamed directly into the receiver in your brain: holographic nano-entertainment...........
"A simple explanation with animated diagram shows the basic principles of television, this newest magic of the ether waves. This film takes you behind the scenes of television studios at Radio City, shows you the construction of the iconoscope, which is the sender and of the kinescope which is the receiver."
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I actually learned some things from this film. Even though I have a degree in the physical sciences, admittedly the basic engineering of a TV has escaped me. It is a pretty amazing historical film, in that it quickly summarizes what the future of American culture will be. Growing up I heard the stories of life without even electricity let alone radio, and by my generation we have so integrated modern telecommunications into our lives that its fun to take a visual trip back to the early days. The roots, back when each techno-advance was nearly overwhelming in its potential and cultural fascination. These days the latest advance in this or that may affect everyone in a broad way, but certainly we live in such a huge pool of gadgets that changes can go unnoticed by many folks, those unwired we hear of in the news. And so this point of time during early WWII is significant in my estimation, because TV was one of the early test runs for modern telecommunication technology, with following related breakthroughs merely adding to the diversity of media. Next on the Google Network, beamed directly into the receiver in your brain: holographic nano-entertainment...........