ABSTRACT
The taste of audiences for television, as for any form of entertainment, varies greatly; but about one television program in Britain at least opinions have never been divided—news is popular with everyone. Technically it was crude; and it suffered, too, by reason of its birth-date. Real news of a pictorial nature is usually scarce at the turn of the year, and weather conditions seldom favour good photography. With the right formula becoming clear, technical quality was improved. Meanwhile film from cameramen out in the field would be reaching the laboratories. Opinions are divided on the ethics of adding “library “sound to newsreel film. Few news items, of course, are ever likely to happen during the actual time that a newsreel is scheduled for transmission, but the advantages are very great of televising them back to base as they occur and recording the pictures on film for use later in the day; the problems of transport vanish.
