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From the archive, 10 April 1928: Wire technology speeds up photo distribution From the archive, 10 April 1928: Wire technology speeds up photo distribution
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The "Manchester Guardian" publishes in this issue some photographs received over the telegraph wire from London yesterday. They are the first installment of a new and remarkable pictorial news service which it is hoped will be from to-day onwards a regular feature of the "Manchester Guardian" and the "Manchester Evening News."The "Manchester Guardian" publishes in this issue some photographs received over the telegraph wire from London yesterday. They are the first installment of a new and remarkable pictorial news service which it is hoped will be from to-day onwards a regular feature of the "Manchester Guardian" and the "Manchester Evening News."
The pictures are telegraphed from London to Manchester by the Siemens-Carolus system, operated by the Siemens-Schuckert Company. Transmitting and receiving apparatus has been installed by the company at 10 South Parade, Manchester, and at an office in London, with the public telegraph wire as the necessary link between the two cities.The pictures are telegraphed from London to Manchester by the Siemens-Carolus system, operated by the Siemens-Schuckert Company. Transmitting and receiving apparatus has been installed by the company at 10 South Parade, Manchester, and at an office in London, with the public telegraph wire as the necessary link between the two cities.
The new "Manchester Guardian" service made an excellent start, with the receipt of a telegraphed picture showing Lord Daresbury at the Van Horse Parade yesterday in Regent's Park, London. The transmission of this photograph began at 2 32 p.m. and was completed in eleven minutes - a period which is certain to be materially shortened by further advances in the system. The film was at once developed by a staff photographer of the "Manchester Guardian" in a dark-room attached to the Manchester office of the Siemens-Schuckert Company, and within a very few minutes a clear and brilliant print was ready.The new "Manchester Guardian" service made an excellent start, with the receipt of a telegraphed picture showing Lord Daresbury at the Van Horse Parade yesterday in Regent's Park, London. The transmission of this photograph began at 2 32 p.m. and was completed in eleven minutes - a period which is certain to be materially shortened by further advances in the system. The film was at once developed by a staff photographer of the "Manchester Guardian" in a dark-room attached to the Manchester office of the Siemens-Schuckert Company, and within a very few minutes a clear and brilliant print was ready.
As this first experience proved, the outstanding value of the new way of sending pictures is its speed. It reduces the time of transmission between London and Manchester from the express train's four hours, or the two hours usually taken by an aero-plane, to a matter of minutes. To a morning paper that may mean an effective saving of not merely four hours, or two, but of twenty-four, for it makes possible the publication of a photograph taken so late in the day in London that it has hitherto been unable to get it to Manchester in time for the next day's paper.As this first experience proved, the outstanding value of the new way of sending pictures is its speed. It reduces the time of transmission between London and Manchester from the express train's four hours, or the two hours usually taken by an aero-plane, to a matter of minutes. To a morning paper that may mean an effective saving of not merely four hours, or two, but of twenty-four, for it makes possible the publication of a photograph taken so late in the day in London that it has hitherto been unable to get it to Manchester in time for the next day's paper.
The mechanism by which this marvel is accomplished is simple in its general idea, though in detail extremely intricate. In the Manchester office, which can both send and receive, most of the essential apparatus is contained on a table about two feet wide and five feet long, around which hover the young German engineers in charge of it. A high continuous note fills the air while the apparatus is working. Scientific descriptions of the method have already appeared in the "Manchester Guardian."The mechanism by which this marvel is accomplished is simple in its general idea, though in detail extremely intricate. In the Manchester office, which can both send and receive, most of the essential apparatus is contained on a table about two feet wide and five feet long, around which hover the young German engineers in charge of it. A high continuous note fills the air while the apparatus is working. Scientific descriptions of the method have already appeared in the "Manchester Guardian."
Like the talking-machine, again, the machine for telegraphing pictures conveys its message in the form of sound. By putting on a pair of headphones you can hear the picture travelling. The operators can speak to each other over the same circuit - an immense convenience in their work.Like the talking-machine, again, the machine for telegraphing pictures conveys its message in the form of sound. By putting on a pair of headphones you can hear the picture travelling. The operators can speak to each other over the same circuit - an immense convenience in their work.
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