From Stunts to Snapshots: The Dawn of Instant News Photography in the late 1930s

The film, Spot News (1937), discusses the rapid advancements in photo transmission technology that revolutionized newspaper reporting. It details a specific stunt involving an airplane taking off from a car and the urgency of capturing and transmitting this event for publication. The process of wired photo transmission is explained, highlighting how images are scanned, broken down into lines, and sent electrically to be reassembled at the receiving end. This innovation allows newspapers to publish images almost instantaneously, significantly reducing the time it takes to share news stories compared to previous methods.

Keywords
photo transmission, newspaper reporting, stunt, airplane, wired photo, scanning, technology, news delivery, image assembly, communication speed

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