​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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