INVENTOR DEMONSTRATES MOTION PICTURES BY RADIO
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On June 15, 1923, The Evening Star reports "motion pictures by radio--the sending by wireless of actual moving scenes from life and their reproduction on a screen at the receiving end--are an accomplished fact."
On June 14th, C. Francis Jenkins*, inventor of 'still pictures by radio,' demonstrated the "feat" before officers of the Bureau of Standards, and the United States Navy and Post Office departments.
The demonstration took place in Mr. Jenkins' office at 1315 Connecticut Avenue here in the Nation's Capital.
The inventor predicts the reality of radio motion pictures is just "a matter of time."
*Charles Francis Jenkins (1867-1934) was born in Dayton, Ohio & educated at Bliss Electrical School. CFJ was a pioneer of early cinema & one of the inventors of television, using mechanical images. He received over 400 patents.
SOURCE
"Radio Motion Pictures Shown Successfully by D.C. Inventor," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., June 15, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
