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Science and Life: Signals Through Space

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The programme tells the story of 'wireless' transmission. Heinrich Hertz demonstrated the existence of radio waves and their affinity to light waves. Marconi proved their usefulness in long-distance signalling, and today both Morse and the human voice can be transmitted and received across the world.
In the studio: Arthur Garratt
At the Science Museum, South Kensington: Gerald Garratt
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Contributors

Presenter:
Arthur Garratt
Reporter:
Gerald Garratt
Film sequences edited by:
Teddy Ireland
Producer:
Bill Scott
Source: Radio Times

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