[GreenKeys] FAX in an early movie

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At about 2:25 or so, there is a “black box” ticker on the desk. Another printing telegraph machine which has some similarities to the M26 (I think)!
Eugene


From: GreenKeys [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Richard Knoppow
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 3:14 PM
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Subject: [GreenKeys] FAX in an early movie

   FAX among other things is shown in a 1937 industrial at:

https://archive.org/details/SpotNews1937

   The movie was made by Jam Handy of Detroit, who produced hundreds of industrials mostly for the Chevrolet division of GM.  They are mostly well made although some are a bit funky to modern eyes. About the only other movie I can remember which featured FAX is "Call Northside 777" with Jimmy Stewart, a pretty good movie made at a time when Fox and others were experimenting with elementary film verite.
   When I was in grammar school in Detroit back when the dinosaurs roamed, we were shown a couple of these industrial/educational films about twice a month in a general assembly.  It seems to me now that most had a stock shot of a combine harvester floating through a wheat field in them.  There was one about broadcasting and record making with a cut away of the NBC chimes machine in it.  I can't find that one but would love to see it again.


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Richard Knoppow

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