Waves of the Future

Duration: 0:33:00

Creator: Columbia Broadcasting System

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Depicts the use of radio waves in communications, the use of the ionosphere and moon as a reflector for radio waves, and the operational principles involved in radar along with its uses in 1959 and in the future. The role of the ionosphere in long distance radio transmission is described and the disadvantages of using this layer are indicated. Applications of radar to peacetime scientific research are enumerated and the significance of radar contact with the moon and Venus is pointed out.

Complete Record: , Depicts the use of radio waves in communications, the use of the ionosphere and moon as a reflector for radio waves, and the operational principles involved in radar along with its uses in 1959 and in the future. The role of the ionosphere in long distance radio transmission is described and the disadvantages of using this layer are indicated. Applications of radar to peacetime scientific research are enumerated and the significance of radar contact with the moon and Venus is pointed out.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.