1950S “THE BIG PICTURE” REPORT ON USE OF TELEVISION BY U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS RCA TV XD48084

Love our channel? Support us on Patreon: Become a channel member This episode of “The Big Picture“ -- a U.S. Army weekly report -- looks at the rapidly evolving technology of TV and explains how the Signal Corps is using it, and plans to use it in the future. The show is hosted by Army Master Sergeant Stuart Queen and dates to the 1950s. 00:09 “The Big Picture“. 00:29 Sgt. Stuart Queen. 00:52 Interior mechanics of RCA TV camera with both transistors and vacuum tubes. 01:18 San Francisco Chronicle headline: “Extra! War! Battle for Hawaii!“ 01:19 Sinking battleship. 01:22 Mans speaks into WTTM New Jersey radio statoin microphone. 01:25 Family listening to radio. 01:27 Exterior: Pentagon. 01:34 Meeting of military officials. 01:43 “Coles Signal Laboratory: U.S. Army Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories“ sign. This was located in Red Bank, New Jersey. 01:47 Technicians work on TV technology. 02:02 Twin Coach bus modified as a mobile tV st