trial television broadcast 1926

Television, Messrs
Neg No: (L) 122567
Neg Size: 8 ½" x 6 ½"
Neg Date:16-07-1926

Sitter: William Taynton- the first person to be televised [possibly]⁽¹⁾

122566.jpg (5634 bytes)

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Date: 16 July 1926

Occasion: Trial television broadcast

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Photographer: Lafayette Ltd

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No of poses: 3

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

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Acknowledgements: Identification provided by Roddy MacKenzie, Assistant Archivist, The University of Strathclyde

1. See: Tom McArthur and Peter Waddell, Vision Warrior: The hidden achievement of John Logie Baird, Orkney Press Ltd, 1986, pp 142-143