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OBJECT TYPE: MAGNETIC/REEL/1/4 IN.
DATE: 1953
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0379.002

MANUFACTURER: Audio Devices Inc.
MODEL: IEE-EIC JOINT MEETING, DEC 3 1953
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC TAPE ON METAL REEL, IN CARDSTOCK CASE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 29.0 cm
Width: 28.8 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Audio
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: USED IN 1953 TO RECORD, & LATER FOR PLAYBACK.
Canada: THE MEETING VIARADIO BETWEEN ENGINEERS IN CANADA & IN ENGLAND WAS A SIGNIFICANT EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF COMMUNICATIONS IN CANADA. IT WAS ALSO SIGNIFICANT IN THAT IT WAS A MEETING HELD TO PLAN SOUND & TV COVERAGE OF THE CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II.
Function: TO RECORD AUDIO SO THAT IT CAN BE PLAYED BACK ON APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT/ THESE TAPES USED TO RECORD MEETINGS CONDUCTED BY RADIO BETWEEN LONDON & MONTREAL TO DISCUSS PREPARATIONS FOR SOUND & TV COVERAGE OF THE CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II.
Technical: PROVIDES A RECORD OF WHAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL MEETING TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN CANADA & EUROPE USING RADIO.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON REEL ‘M 555'/ HAD LABEL ON IT WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED (NOW STORED IN SUPP. INF.) ‘Pgm. [TYPED:] Discussion on BBC arrangements [PRINTED:] Time/ Date [TYPED:] Nov. 15 `53/ 15 [WERE 2 OTHER NUMBERS PRINTED HERE BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TYPED OVER]/ Speed/ Reel No. [TYPED:] M-555/ [PRINTED:] Opr. bb'/ ON BOX ‘FOR PROFESSIONAL USE/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ SCOTCH/ BRAND/ Sound Recording Tape/ Made in U.S.A. by MINNESOTA MINING & MFG. COMPANY, St. Paul 6, Minnesota', ‘No.111A SCOTCH BRAND Sound Recording Tape ON N.A.B. REEL ¼ x 2400 FT.' ON BACK OF BOX HAS LABEL ‘CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION/ Tape Record/ Reel No. M-555/ Programme Details Speed Date Opr./ Discussion on BBC arrangements for the/ Coronation Broadcasts./ To be presented Dec. 3, 1953 for the/ institution of Electrical Engineers/ London England by Dr. A. Wright./ Released to J.E. Hayes. Room 1111/ 3 Items: 1st 3'00"/ 2nd 50"/ 3rd 9'55" ' & ‘15 Nov.16-53 bb'/ MARKINGS ON INSIDE OF BOX INCLUDE INSTRUCTIONS ON SPLICING USING SCOTCH BRAND SPLICING TAPE, & INFORMATION ON USING THE PACKAGE PROPERLY.
Missing: N/A
Finish: SHINY BROWN TAPE, SILVERTONE REEL/ BOX IS BLACK WITH RED & WHITE MKGS
Decoration: N/A

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Audio Devices Inc., Tape, audio, 1953, Artifact no. 1996.0379, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0379.002/

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