Radio age research, manufacturing, communications, broadcasting, television (1941)

I EHBAPQ'. •. TrajiQo\g EXPRESO Y CAR6A A TODUMtPUBLIC* gqu'ifadocoHmiOA USING RCA .MdBlLE-RADIOTELEPHONE VNITS, INSTALLED IN EICHT TRLlKS OF clba's largest express firm. DRIVERS CAN RECEIVE INSTANT IN- STRUCTIONS FROM HEADQUARTERS. ONE DISPATCHER CAN DIRECT MOVEMENTS OF ALL RADIO- EQUIPPED TRUCKS. Cuban Firm Adopts 2-Way Radio EXPRESS trucks equipped with RCA mobile radio units are Tiakinjr their first appearance in Latin America. Installed in eight .rehicles of Cuba's larg-est express ;ruckinp firm. Trafico y Transporte, 5.A., the RCA Fleetfone units jroved successful in their initial ;ests. Before the installations were made, valuable time was lost by irivers who had to stop frequently to telephone the main office for further instructions. With the RCA radiotelephone units, however, an expressman can, in a matter of sec- onds, pive his location and receive his next assignment without mov- ing from the driver's seat. This new method of operation has made it possible for Trafico to serve many more customers in a quicker and more efficient manner. Humara y Lastra, RCA distribu- tors in Cuba, planned the mobile radio network that eventually may connect the firm's Havana office with Trafico trucks in every part of Cuba. The installation consists of a Fleetfone 250-watt fixed station transmitter, located in the Com- pany's headquarters: a nondirec- tional VHP antenna, erected atop a 100-foot mast on the main office building, and Fleetfone units for the vehicles themselves. The initial installations have proved so beneficial to the Company and its customers that plans are in progress to equip many more of the fleet of 125 trucks in a similar manner. NBC to Present History of Navy in TV Series A television history of the U. S. Navy from the period immediately preceding World War II and lead- ing up to the present — the first of its kind - is to be produced by the National Broadcasting Com- pany, in cooperation with the De- partment of the Xavy, beginning later this year. The series, according to Sylvester L. Weaver, Jr., NBC vice president in charge of television, represents NBC's first major effort to estab- lish a pioneering pattern for pre- senting history by television. In commenting on the project. Un- der Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball said: "Navy and NBC technicians are preparing to screen literally hundreds of thousands of feet of official Navy film to pick out the very best for presentation to the American public. Much of this film, for security reasons, has never before been exhibited. NBC's television techniques plus the tech- nical skill of the Navy Photographic Center should be able to combine to produce a memorable series." In his announcement of the se- ries, Weaver said : "This new proj- ect represents the first major at- tempt by television to tackle the problem of presenting contem- porary history on a comprehensible, dramatic basis." Based primarily on Captain Sam- uel Eliot Morison's "History of U. S. Naval Operations, World War II," commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the series will utilize films made by the U. S. Navy in all its activities, including sea, air. Marines, submarine, am- phibious sea and land operations and related operations with other services. Weaver announced that the net- work would set up a special unit to coordinate and produce the new project and that Henry Salomon, Jr., (Lt. Comdr., USNR) who as- sisted Capt. Morison in the six- year preparation, production and writing of the "History," would be in over-all supervision of the con- tent. Salomon, as Capt. Morison's first assistant, participated in many of the major naval operations as a historical observer. [RADIO AGE 27]