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Television Service in England 



In England, where distances are not such a barrier to cov- 

 erage of the country with television, there had been some very 

 interesting developments up to the time of the present conflict. 



F. W. Camm 1 reports that the B.B.C. first incorporated 

 television transmission in its programmes in August of 1932. 

 Before that date the only programmes were those transmitted 

 from the Baird Company's transmitting station at Long Acre, 

 London. They passed by land-line to Savoy Hill (2 LO), and 

 thence to Brookman's Park. Later a studio was specially set 

 aside at Portland Place (Broadcasting House) for television 

 programmes on the Baird System. 



Mr. Camm tells of another fascinating development of tel- 

 evision, which is called "noctovision": 



"Another development of television is to be found in the 

 utilization of the infra-red rays for the illumination of the 

 subject being televised or transmitted. As is well known these 

 rays are invisible, and they are already frequently employed 

 in burglar alarms, etc. If, therefore, the object to be trans- 

 mitted is placed in a darkened room, and is scanned by means 

 of infra-red rays, the light variations would still be recorded 

 by the photo-electric cells and the image could be transmitted, 

 even though in complete darkness. This opens up possibilities 

 of seeing by night and a use for television in times of war is 

 thus produced." 



Television Prospects in America 



It is reasonable to expect that after the war we will see a 

 sudden expansion of the manufacture of television sets. As 

 James Stokley expressed it, "It is to be expected that the dis- 



1 Camm, F. W., Television Manual. New York, Chemical Publishing 

 Company, 1943. 



