Evening star., 1935-06-09

any angie ana WITHOUT any ulsUoIlloIi
of the scenes. The singing and the
speaking voices of this film and the
others that were shown to me were
perfectly Synchronized With the mo-
ton pictures. The receiving sets,
though l did not operate them my
self, looked exceedingly simple to ma
nipulate.
"SPACE does not permit complete
~ description of the various instru-
ments that were shown, including the
ordinary motion picture projectors for
television broadcasting, the portable
cameras that shoot actual scenes
and televise them and the cameras
that take news reel pictures and de-
velop them within space OF 80 sec
onds so that the films may be run on
and broadcast. 1t was explained that
film subjects are more efficiently ham
died because OF the easier control OF
lighting and shading they make pos
sible.
Nor am I able here 20 describe the
elaborate production settings. then not
in use, that looked for all the world
like Hollywood movie sets, though I
vas shown televised films previously
made with artists acting before the
same scenery. I might add, too, that
l was shown Mickey Mouse film
even more easily televised because it
is made up of line drawings and
needs no halftone Shadings.
Baird claims to be able to improve
even these projections up to 500 lines
per second. which every one agrees
should make practically perfect pic
ture. but the apparatus was not geared
for that while l was at Crystal Palace
A map was shown to demonstrate that
good pictures had been picked up dur
ing a test day last December at doz-
ems of points up to a 5O-mile radius
from Crystal Palaces 7-meter aerialS
atop a tower standing $50 feet above
sea level
This was one Of the two systems
which the British authorities have au-
thorized for introduction this year,
with a proviso that the scanning,
transmitting and receiving equipment
shall be standardized so that the same
televisors-or 'televiewers.' as George
Bernard Shaw has suggested they be
called-shall be able to receive both
systems. Up to then the rival Baird
and E. NJ. l. interests have not yet
gotten together. presumably still fear
full of exchanging their technical Sc
cretS
THE E. M I. experimental appar-
atus has been taken down for
further work, I was informed. and
therefore I failed to see what B. c.
A S British affiliate had to offer How
ever, David Sarnoff, R. c. A. president,
in his recent statement to stockhold-
ers announcing the fact that his COM
pany had allocated Sl,000,000 for test
television stations and receiving points
to be erected in the next II or 18
months, asserted that R. c. A. has
produced a 343-line picture at the
rate of go per second and capable of
transmitting over a radius of Is to IS
miles.
This assuredly has this country
further advanced in this field than
any other country in the world as
Mr.. Sarnoff confidently reported. for
343 lines will build up a picture ex-
ceiling even what l saw in London.
Certainly it will excel the 180-line pic
lures that were introduced last March
in Germany. where they aroused in
tense enthusiasm and where plans are
already reported under way to tele-
wise the 1896 Olympic Games. Nor
can the 60-line f1ickers that Barthelmy
last April demonstrated to an awed
Partisan audience anywhere approach
what we have here and what the