“When will the next 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 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 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 of “Hold Everything“...is also experiencing her first taste of television.“ C/U of Mamie speaking into a microphone, being “televised“. “Inside the 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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