| Coast-To-Coast Via Moon. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1674 |
| Catalog #: | 363507 | |
| Clip Number: | 363507-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 033-063-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:40:01 - 00:41:32 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1960 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMUNICATIONS: Satellite COMMUNICATIONS: Telephone INVENTIONS: Communications LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA SCIENCE: Technology | |
| Description: | In a preview of space-age global communications, scientists make a long distance telephone call from New Jersey to California by bouncing the voice signals off the moon. It's the forerunner of a similar system that will use a network of artificial satellites. Technological advances. First. Transmitter satellite dishes that will take the voice signal and bounce that to the moon. CUS - The horn shape receiver will handle reply’s from the California end of the conversation where the sending and receiving apparatus is actually 1/2-million miles away. Pan from satellite dish to moon (visible in daytime). Animation shows how the signal will be transmitted to moon. MS - Animation of the earth looking up at the moon. Arrows shoot from the earth representing radio signals. The moon's surface acts like a giant reflector bouncing the radio signals back to earth. CUS - Scientific technicians checking out system panels. CUS - Scientist operating the control panel then it closes in on a close up of his hand on a dial. CUS - Person to Person Call - VIA the man in the moon. Bill Jakes, "This is Bill Jakes at Bell Telephone Laboratories coming right back to you Walt, I read you loud and clear, coming in very fine...ah...what is the length of time you calculate for your voice to get out to me? Over." Walt, "It seems to me that it takes about 5 seconds for me to get a reply back from you, over" Bill Jakes at Bell Telephone Laboratories, "Ah, Yes.... That would sound like its going 2 -1/2 seconds one way and 2 - 1/2 seconds the other way." | |
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