The first television broadcast and other 'firsts'
This chapter discusses Baird's first experimental television broadcast in September 1929. Baird utilized his invention to transmit what was popularly called television screen news. He also invented a method of transmission using strip scanning apparatus which allowed drawings, photographs, and documents to be reproduced at a distance which was called telewriter. Also, Baird demonstrated Teletalkies, a system of televising film images.
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