1939-05-31 — Page 35

PACK 11.

NEWS OF THE DAY

PICTURES

FROM FAR AND EAR

TELEVISION'S RECORD TASK

B.B.C. engineers recently undertook the television broadcast of the biggest stage show over to be televised in the world, and owners of television sets over a wide area saw the complete production of "Magyar Melody," the musical - comedy at His Majesty's Theatre.

Picture on the right shows television cameramen and technicians in the dress circle during the shooting of the second act. Binnie Hale is seen right-centro.

Hongkong Telegrap

WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1939.

HAPPENINGS

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The mobile van outside the theatre, showing the cables slung from the build. ing. It was from the van that Mr. Philip Dorte, the producer, controlled the cameras by telephone, changing over from one to the other as the scenes, reproduced on two screens in front of him, demanded,

Here are two workmen handling the complicated. -system of cables, miles of which were used for the broadcast. They were led in from the van to ihe cameras, then back to the apparatus in the van.

The two cameras installed in the circle, Three cameras were used for the "broadcast, the third being placed in a stage box., Different viewpoints thua obtained gave variety to the reproduction on television screens. Production entailed 82 change-overe from camera to caption or camera to camera.

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Here is the camera boing operated from the stage-box. Apparatus, of course, includes sound synchro nisation, and an interesting point in last night's broadcast was that for 90 seconds, while the duelling seene was being played in a blue light too dim for the cameras to pick up, stand-ins," performed the scene at Alexandra Palace, actual sounds being relayed from the thentre state.

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This section of the interior of the van gives some idea of the intricate apparatus required for the work. The approximate cost of these mobilo television units is £25,000. The two screens by which the pro ducer saw the action of the play are visible at the far end of thie van behind the heads of the assistants. It was from the van itself that the actual broadcast went on to the ether.

A television set was placed in Bipaic Hale's dressing-room so that she could follow the action of the play while not on the stage herself. She is seen with Roger Treville, who played opposite ber, watching Betty Warren and Jerry Vomo as Julika and Jarvis in a knockabout bicyclo scone. The show, including intervals, occupied television screens in thousands of homce for just on three hours—from 8.15 p.m. until 11.10 p.m. To introduce the actors and actresses to the unseen audience, captions were flashed on screens in place of programmes.

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- it must be · Keatings,

KEATING'S KILLS

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BUT IT MUST BE KEATING'S

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"YASUKUNI MARU,” having arrived from the above ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby Informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Whart and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained.

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WESTERN OCCULTISM

Lecture

Scheduled For Theosophical Society.

At the usual weekly public meet- ing of the Theosophical Society lo-morrow at 8 pm, a lecture will be given by Mr. C. A. Sutherton Russ on the Comte de Saint-Germain. This mysterious and fascinating in- dividual, who many belleve to be the tender of Western Occultism-st-

the present Ume, has aroused, much interest of late..

The Lodge Room of the Manuk Lodge of the Theosophical, Society is at 03 Chater Road, where there is a library: several hundred volumes onTheosophy, Spiritualism and occult matters generally. All fare? heartily invited

of.

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