"Television: the revolution," ([1944])

Record Details:

Title:
"Television: the revolution,"
Date:
[1944]
Publisher:
New York, Essential Books
Volume:
"Television: the revolution,"
Leaf #:
00014
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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FOREWORD XI and badly blindfolded in radio, will come with Television. Its possibilities here, as Mr. Lee points out, will be startlingly revealed. The contents of Chapter 8 will readily con- vince one that the Author is amply qualified himself to lay out a completely equipped, streamlined Television studio of an ultra-effi- cient design, as well as to undertake its operative direction. His graphic running description of those swift moving events during a production will make the reader dizzy. And his description of what will transpire in a news-reel distributing studio—assuming tele-world-wide networks— makes one deeply thankful that he will not be among the living when that frenetic, almost maniacal scramble for the fleeting NOW shall dominate man's living. Too little time is granted even today for thought and contemplation. What with the hourly editions, and three news reels weekly, what if the man in the street does have to wait a few hours for the latest tele-cast from Timbuctoo? So what? That way lies madness. Let us not unnecessarily develop stomach ulcers and schizophrenia. Above, the night stars are still serene. If there's one chapter in this fine book which