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Early Days In British Television LONDON (CP) -- Faint and flickering, as seen through a glass darkly, an image formed on the peculiar little screen in front of the crowd at a London radio exhibition 25 years ago. The picture cleared to reveal a startled stage hand caught on camera in his shirt - sleeves. There was a muffled shout and then the camera swung round] to show a suave BBC an-| nouncer. The world's first pub-| lic television service had started. For that first audience it was rll rather weird. The receiving sets looked like some expensive toy dreamed up by H. G. Wells. Nobody could imagine having] one in the basement, let alone as part of the living room furni- ture. Nobody, that is, except one or iwo visionaries and a few hun- dred devoted enthusiasts work ing round the clock at the BBC studio in north London's Alex- andra Palace, LESS THAN 80 SETS Their efforts had a limited ap- preciation. Maximum broadcast- ing range was 25 miles and there were fewer than 80 set owners in the country. But by 1939 the BBC was broadcasting four hours a day and the num- ber of sets had reached 12,000. Plays, variety and quiz shows, children's programs and out-| side sports broadcasts were all presented. In 1937 three cam eras telecast the corogation pro-| cession of George VI. | That transmission was a prim-| itive preview of the day 17 years later when more than 80 cam- eras relayed the details of Queen Elizabeth's coronation into the homes of millions in Britain and on the continent. The advances made by the BBC technicians were cut short | on Sept. 1, 1939. A high-level or-| der went through to Alexandra | Palace and in the middle of a| Mickey Mouse cartoon film the! fledgling television service closed down for the duration of the Second World War. It reopened again in 1946 with the same cartoon film that had been so rudely interrupted seven years before and among the first broadcasts was a pres- entation of the victory parade through the streets of bomb- scarred London FRUSTRATING DAYS Television's pioneering days were filled with frustration, ex-| citement and, for one man, bit- ter disappointment. The man was Scottish engineer John Logie Baird, generally credited] with the invention of visual transmission by radio. In 1924, using a machine cre- ated out of tea chests, a hot box, sealing wax and string, Baird succeeded in sending a picture] from one room to another in his! ® HOLIDAY STORE HOURS °® THURS. and FRIDAY 'TIL 9 P.M. SAT. 'TIL 6 P.M. CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY LABOUR DAY SPECIAL | ROSE BREAD and BUTTER PICKLES .......' 27: SPECIAL | UNGRADED BANQUET CHOICE PEAS .. . fo 3. 49. SPECIAL! GRADE "A" THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, August 30, 1961 17; 9 TIT 4'd5:131'} : : STAMPS WITH COUPON PURCHASES IN THIS ADVERTISEMENT Solo isboratory, SPECIAL | HALVES took im three vears 10 pertect | CUDNEY 3 ) ke pin inter rar. 18PL, ment ottcias. However. negin. | GHIOICE PEACHES ... & ois : TURKEYS :- ning in 1929, a series of experi- | ments were conducted with BBC | radio facilities. By 1934 a tele-| vision commission had been ap-| pointed to work out details of a| public television service. Baird's disappointment came on the eve of the service's in| auguration. His system was| based on a rotary scanning de- vice and used film for an inter-| mediate stage that resulted in a| SPECIAL | KELLOGGS SPECIAL ""K" SPECIAL | CUT-RITE WAXED PAPER oaor 100 FT ALSO A LIMITED QUANTITY OF SWIFT'S PREMIUM BUTTERBALL TURKEYS 10 TO 14 LBS, AVAILABLE IN MOST MARKETS AT A SLIGHTLY HIGHER PRICE SPECIAL | EXTRA Giiix STAMPS With Coupon_& Purchase TWO 3-0. PKGS. CINZIA FROZEN MACARONI & EESE T18 Coupon Exp. Sept. § aes STAMPS With Coupon & Purchase EACH LOBLAWS CHERRY CAKE T1 Coupon Exp. Sept. § SWIFT'S PREMIUM FRANKFURTS ... :: 43c SPECIAL | SWIFT'S PREMIUM EXTRA G:iix STAMPS EXTRA Gicix STAMPS With Coupon & Purchase 4 With Coupon & Purchase 30-second delay between per-| formance and transmission, RUSSIAN RIVAL SPECIAL! LIQUID FLOOR WAX In opposition to this a rival system was developed by Rus- sian - born Isaac Schoenberg, chief technician for Electric and Musical Industries Limited. The EMI process was basically the instantaneous electronic beam system of today. The BBC ran an intensive se- ries of tests, broadcasting with the rival systems on alternate days. Eventually the EMI pro-| cess was selected. Baird died in 1946 leaving only £7,000 and virtually ignored by the fast-growing industry that owes its existence to his initial genius and perserverance. Schoenberg, now 81, has kept out of the limelight but recently a reporter asked him if he was ashamed of the social monster oz. TIN SPECIAL! LOBLAWS "KITCHEN PRIDE" APPLE PIE /%e 45c SPECIAL! HOSTESS OATMEAL COOKIES LOBLAWS Pride of Arabia COFFEE Le CELLO. BAG 29: w 69: 1.909 WHITE, WHOLE WHEAT CRACKED WHEAT, SLICED OR UNSLICED LOBLAWS FRESH BREAD ..:. ... io: 20 SPECIAL! WESTONS ASSORTED CREAMS SPECIAL! we 2G RINDLESS SIDE BACON -...... FENG i SPECIAL | SWIFT'S PREMIUM BRAUNSCHWEIGER, SANDWICH SPREAD or BACON and LIVER SAUSAGE :s SPECIAL | AVAILABLE IN MOST MARKETS CHOPPED VEAL CUTLETTES PLAIN OR BREADED **** 79: 23: . DIE PRODUCE VALUES FOR THE HOLIDAY! NOW AT THEIR PEAK | NIAGARA'S PREMIUM VARIETY | Ne | GRADE | JUBILEE AND RED HAVEN TWO GIANT TUBES PEPSODENT TOOTH PASTE T4 Coupon Exp, Sept. 6 EXTRA Gi:iv STAMPS With Coupon & Purchase ANY FOUR 8-0. PKGS. SWIFT'S FROZEN MEAT PIES Té Coupon Exp. Sept. § EXTRA Gin STAMPS With Coupon & Purchase TWO 20-FL. OZ. JARS CLARKS : TWO 48-FL. 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