Editor: Roy Laughton
Publisher: Studio Vista/Reinhold
Publication: 1966, First Edition
Binding: Softcover, section sewn
Pages: 96
Size: 165 x 195
Text: English
(Introduction) 'It seems incredible that 30 years ago there existed no regular television service. The changes, both sociological and scientific, which have come about since its inception have been greater than in any similar period in history. Possibly it is in the world of aviation where these changes show most prominently. The bi-planed flying machines of the thirties bear little if any relationship to their jet counterparts of today. Rockets landing on the moon were merely subjects for science fiction enthusiasts to dream on. In the world of communication, who could have conceived at the time when John Logie Baird was producing shadowy images on a ground glass screen that in less than forty years pictures would be bouncing off a satellite to give direct simultaneous reporting of events 3000 miles apart?'
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