How Television Works

An explanation of the basic principles of television, including the principles of the television camera in photography and in broadcasting images. Illustrates how the lens puts the picture on to the end of a special vacuum tube, how the picture is changed into electrical impulses and how electron beams spray the mosaic. The transmitting aerial and family scenes before the home television set complete the cycle of transmission.

Credits

Produced by
Frank Wells
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Explains how the television camera analyzes a picture into electrical impulses for broadcasting, and how the receiver reverses the process. Demonstrates equipment parts and relates them to a working model.

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, creator, format, sound, genre, catalog record
  2. United World Films, Inc. 16mm Sound Motion Pictures Catalog, 1954-1955 — title, length, format, sound, genre, description
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