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The color camera can pick up the slightest change in an actress' complexion. But unless the radio relay and coaxial cable routes that carry this picture are specially equipped, her blush would never reach the nation's screens. It is a big job to install new equipment, necessary for color transmission, along thousands of channel miles in the Bell System network. Personnel must also be trained in the new techniques of transmitting color signals. But the work is well under way, with facilities now serving an increasing number of cities with color television. The Bell System will keep pace with the industry's needs for color television networks. BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM PROVIDING TRANSMISSION CHANNELS FOR INTERCITY RADIO AND TELEVISION TODAY AND TOMORROW Bell System technicians testing transmission of the color signal over radio relay facilities. 12 JULY 1954 185