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| | Television - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article |
 | | In the U.S. Charles Francis Jenkins was able to demonstrate on June 13, 1925, the transmission of the silhouette image of a toy windmill in motion from a naval radio station to his laboratory in Washington, using a lensed disc scanner with 48 lines per picture, 16 pictures per second. |
 | | Both systems broadcast on UHF frequencies, the VHF being used for legacy fl and white, 405 lines in UK or 819 lines in France, till the beginning of the eighties. |
 | | Reportedly, the first continuous live broadcast of a breaking news story in the world was conducted by the CBC during the Springhill Mining Disaster which began on October 23 of that year. |
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