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Read on to explore some of the broadcasting technologies that were used during the war to keep the public informed and entertained, and share news from the front line.
But only 50 years ago, television was in its infancy. The deprivation of the Great Depression, followed by the global iniquities and tragedies of World War II, led to a period of prosperity and consumerism that had effects on American society that we're still learning about.
- Jacob Clifton
Farnsworth was also involved in television during the war. Lee DeForest and U.A. Sanabria also proposed a television controlled bomb. Engineers who had been developing television technology put their expertise toward designing radar and communications systems for the military.
During World War II, the entertainment industry changed to help the war effort. Often the industry became more closely controlled by national governments, who believed that a supportive home front was crucial to victory.
1 September 1939. On 1 September 1939, with war looking unavoidable, the BBC took steps to prepare for the conflict. Shortly after noon the television service was unceremoniously shut down,...
In 1943 BBC War Report correspondent Wynford Vaughan Thomas broadcast from a Lancaster bomber during a raid over Berlin. See and hear the historic broadcast in this 360˚ video.
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At the beginning of World War Two, RCA focused its TV engineering effort on developing military uses for television. A smaller version of the Iconoscope, the 1846, was developed to be put in a lightweight camera.
