Scope and Contents Ron says that just before he was working for Phil, he had been a merchant marine. The amount of time that it would take for him to be promoted had doubled due to an act that had just come into effect. Because of this, he was less interested in sailing and thought that the job would be a good opportunity. They talk a little bit about the lab they were in at the time, its layout, and...

Scope and Contents Ron talks about people's early misconceptions about television, and failure to understand the possibilities for it. Ron felt that in some of their first demonstrations Phil was too willing to allow others to try to help and it ended up reducing the quality of their earliest projections. Ron says that Zworykin offered Cliff a job when he visited Phil's lab, not realizing how close...

Scope and Contents Ron talks about the camaraderie between those who were working in the lab in the early days. Pem and Ron both agree that Phil's interest in doing things that were commonly believed to be impossible or improbable was a perfect match for the close-knit dynamic of the group. They talk about the incredibly delicate process for creating some of the tubes for more uncommon designs. ...