Show Television May Help Generals Fight the tIle War of Tomorrow YORK Television NEW looms as a potent force in the high-geared high war of the future though World War II has come too early in televisions television's televisions television's tele tele- visions vision's development for any Immediate immediate Imme diate use For the past few years military experts have been scrutinizing television television tele tele- vision and its adaptation for war purposes It may become vitally Important in eliminating the time lag in scouting and reconnaissance activities At present aviation and aerial photography have speeded up reconnaissance reconnaissance rec rec- to a tremendous de de- de gree The most important thing for an army's general staff to know knowin in war is what the enemy is doing where it is located and in what troop dispositions The airplane and camera provide the fastest possible possible pos pos- sible means of transmitting this in information In formation but it still takes time time- too much time for lightning war Television will make such information information mation matlon immediate General staff will see enemy locations and movements moves move ments picked up and transmitted from a reconnaissance e plane as they are at the moment and will be beable beable beable able to act without delay There will wl be no waiting for developing and printing of aerial photographs during which the situation might change and there wouldn't be be harsh as it may seem the absolute absolute lute dependence on the reconnaissance reconnaissance sance plane returning To determine when and how television television tele tell vision can best be used for military purposes army chiefs are intensely Interested in the status of at television today What is that status According to engineers in the laboratories lab oratories of at Philco Radio Television Television Television Tele Tele- vision corporation leaders in television television tele tle vision development general use of television is some years away This Is an age aee of ot miracles was their consensus but not of at overnight overnight over over- night miracles There must be time for tor orderly and sound development in television Philco's television research research research re re- search engineers for Instance have bave worked out many basic advances Inthe in inthe inthe the past 13 years and feel there are as 81 many more fundamental improvements im rn yet tobe tabe made though they can not be accomplished at a faster taster pace After all aU the automotive industry industry indus try took 20 years to attain a high t s Slow and inefficient aerial photography photography pho in wartime may give way nay to 0 television and television and it wont won't make much difference i if f the reconnaissance reconnaissance re reo re- re plane is brought dozen behind enemy lines line degree of efficiency and widespread usage Although radio broadcasting broadcast broadcast- ing was first accomplished as early as 1906 it was many years before it reached the network stage There has been a long interval of years between the first flight of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk and the regular reg ular transcontinental and transoceanic trans oceanic passenger flights of today According to these Philco engineers engl engl- television can become the most important means ot of cation the world has ever known Television receivers have already reached a comparatively high stage of efficiency but there are several important scientific obstacles to be hurdled and goals to be achieved A new technique for production of television programs must be found many sources of interference such luch luchas as diathermy machines and automobiles automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles without suppressors must be corrected Then there is the problem of spang spanning span ning distance Television waves are arenow arenow arenow now known to travel beyond the horl horl- ton lon but science has yet to find an effective control over waves at such sucha a distance Curvature of at the earth obstructs further vision |