I don't think that they posted it. It may not be yet converted into a
visible signal. It would be a few seconds long, with no sound,
judging from other types of television records made in the '20s.
Dave Lewis
Hamilton, OH
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Clark Johnsen <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> ​Good story but where's the video? Can't seem to find it.
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 5:52 AM, CJB <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Not audio per se but of equal historic value ...
> >
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34379547
> >
> > An anonymous donor with links to John Logie Baird's home town has
> > stepped in to ensure a historic recording of his first transmission of
> > trans-Atlantic TV pictures will stay in Scotland.
> > The 1927 footage, on a phonovision shellac disc, is the world's oldest
> > surviving 78rpm piece of video.
> >
> > It features Logie Baird's ventriloquist dummy Stookie Bill, which he
> > used when developing his invention.
> >
> > The recording will now be stored at Glasgow University.
> >
>
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