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Television | How It Works (1952)

A great informational film explaining “HOW TELEVISION WORKS.”

With some digital restoration edits, this easy-to-watch gives a nice overview of the technology behind broadcast television and early CRT based television sets.


Filmed in WGN studios in Chicago.


Film shows the Camera tube (Image Orthicon), CRT picture tube, TV control room, TV signal transmission and more. Run time 10 minutes.


(Uploaded for educational use and historical comment, Computer History Archives Project)

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