1026 - Speaking From America

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1026 - Speaking From America

Description of the radio telephone link between the UK and USA. Explains atmospheric issues and the problems concerning sunspots and the ionosphere that affect transmissions and the requirement for a new receiving station at a location with better conditions. Cooling is identified as such a location for the installation of the new MUSA system. The film then shows the construction of aerials, trenches, a receiving station and the laying of cables at Cooling Marshes.

Catalogue

Finding Number: FILM/1210

Date: 1938

Period: 1930s

Level: Item

Distribution: Theatrical distribution

Film function: Informational (public)

Film subject: International communications

Year: 1938

Repository: BT Archives (ARCHON 1814)

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