"Alice Yarish, Examiner Interview" 8/26/76 Side 1., 1976

Item — track: 31

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Scope and Contents

Sound quality is very poor, lots of background noise.
Alice is interviewing Philo III and Pem, asking them what they plan to do for the fiftieth anniversary of the invention of television. They plan to use original parts to demonstrate what Phil had created.
The tape is of them being interviewed, not the interview itself. They often talk to Alice, she tells people to take pictures, and there is other cross talk as well.
This demonstration is scheduled for September 7th, 1976. They first projected a straight line because it was easily distinguishable from the horizontal noise of the early projections.
They seem to show her some of the materials but are very cautious about showing it to her because it is so fragile.
The photographer takes a number of pictures, which is apparent because of the sound of the camera shutter in the background.
The tube that they have at the moment is made by Cliff, as were the original tubes.
Philo describes Cliff's background to Alice, helping to explain where he came from and how he became what he is now.
They plan to host media and people who worked in the Farnsworth shop originally at the demonstration on September 7th, but from the 8th going forward he says that there will be an ongoing exhibit in the museum.
They talk about a man named Paul Schatzkin who is interested in working with them on a made for TV movie about Phil and the invention of the television.
They describe to Alice the RCA lawsuit against Farnsworth and how it worked and why Farnsworth was able to win despite much less money.
They talk about efforts to create a plaque or memorial of sorts at the place where Phil invented the television tubes in San Francisco.

Dates

1976

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material in English.

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