Aerials Gallery

Alexandra Palace, the home of the B.B.C. The large transmitt

Alexandra Palace as the home of the B.B.C television service in 1936 showing the mast and transmitting aerials for vision and sound. Special tests of reception of the B.B.C from Alexandra Palace of synchronised television and speech were held at Olympia by a committee of the Radio Manufacturers Association. On alternate days transmissions from Alexandra Palace were given by Baird and Marconi E.M.I systems. In 1935 the B.B.C experimented with John Logie Baird's television system and Marconi's E.M.I system. The E.M.I succeeded Baird's in 1937

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Maloyuganskii village - aerial of village and taiga forest

Maloyuganskii village - aerial of village and taiga forest. near Surgut, Siberia, Russia. Spring. Fog visible on the horizon is due to smoke from uncontrolled forest fires. Maloyuganskii is a typical siberian village on a small river tributary of the river Bolshoi Ugan

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Destruction of rainforest: preparation for oil-palm

Destruction of rainforest: preparation for oil-palm plantation which replaces rainforest in a river-valley, (Elaeis guineensis). Sabah, Borneo; Malaysia; June. Oil-palms oil is used in cosmetics, food and fuels, and the plantations now occupy vast territotories and still expand, threatening forests

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