Ninety years ago today a moving head on a screen made history. It was the first public demonstration of live television, and the occasion is being marked with a Google Doodle.
The face in question belonged to Daisy Elizabeth Gandy, the business partner of John Logie Baird. Baird is a Scottish inventor who is regarded as one of the inventors of the mechanical television.
The mechanical television, also known as “the televisor” worked a bit like a radio, but had a rotating mechanism attached that could generate a video to accompany the sound. It preceded the modern television, which creates images using electronic scanning.
In 1924 Baird managed to transmit a flickering image across a distance of 10 feet and the following year, he had a breakthrough when he achieved TV pictures with light and shade.
Within two years this flicker was the face of a woman who was in a different room.
The historic 1926 public display took place on January 26, in a lab in Soho in front of members from the Royal Institution and a journalist from the Times.
Although the pictures were small, measuring just 3.5 by 2 inches, the process was revolutionary. Today Google and the world celebrate this great phenomenal achievement by John Logie Baird, i will prefer to call him the father of motion pictures.
Key moments in TV history
January 26, 1926
First live TV demonstration
John Logie Baird successfully demonstrated live TV to a group from the Royal Institution and a sceptical Times reporter.July 3, 1928
First colour transmission
Two years after he transmitted the moving image, Baird brought the world's first colour transmission.November 2, 1936
BBC starts regular TV broadcasts
The BBC launched its first regular TV broadcast from its studios at Alexandra Palace.November 22, 1963
Assassination of JFK
The assassination of US President John F. Kennedy was a pivotal moment for TV. The coverage reached 23 countries and set a new standard for covering breaking news on television.July 16, 1969
BBC covers the moon landing
The BBC covered the Apollo 11 mission in 27 hours of footage across 10 days. The footage included colour broadcasts (a few months before full colour TVs were widespread in the UK) and transmissions from the space station.September 6, 1997
Princess Diana's funeral
One of the most watched events in TV history, two billion people across the world tuned in to watch Princess Diana's funeral. The British audience peaked at 32.1 million.
Credit: Telegraph
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