On 16 September 1938, when Mr. neville chamberlain returned from Germany after his talks with Hitler, the cameras went to Heston Airport. A little less than a year later Television went off the air and remained so for the duration. It had a different job to do.
…and on a way of life that may never come again.
The day: April 1939, just four months before the outbreak of World War II.
The play: Shall we join the Ladies?
At home the screens were dark.
No television comics, dance bands, cabaret, pageantry; no trips to the zoo…
Instead, the cathode tubes in aircraft, at sea, under the sea, and on land, gave out visual signals and squeaking ‘blip-blips’ to guide fighters and pinpoint the enemy.
(Left) Radar masts.
(Below) Radar screen in an aircraft.
Television covers the Victory Parade in 1947.