FILM TV 106A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: First Solo Flight, Movietone News, Wireless Telegraphy
Document Summary
1927 april 30 movietone news premieres: fox focused on movietone news, the first sound news reel. 1927 may 20 lindbergh flight: first solo flight to europe, becomes celebrity, was interviewed and appeared on movietone news. 1919 radio corporation of america rca: did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t radio pate(cid:374)ts to (cid:271)e held (cid:271)(cid:455) a foreig(cid:374)er (cid:894)gugliel(cid:373)o mar(cid:272)o(cid:374)i(cid:895) 1920 dr frank conrad (8xk 1916) kdka pittsburg first broadcast station: started the idea of broadcasting, the idea of radio stations spreads like wildfire n shit. 1922 toll (commercial) broadcasting: at&t sets up radio stations, rents them out to companies, long island realty company buys a 30 minute time slot and advertises their company. 1922 network radio nationwide coverage: at&t interconnected toll broadcasting lines, creates the first radio network. 1926 rca creates nbc radio network. Rca photophone: optical sound on films. Rca rko nbc rca-victor david sarnoff. Government starts to get involved with all the merging.
