TALKING FILMS INVENTION.
A PRIOR CLAIM. FIRST MACHINE EST WELLINGTON. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. A cablegram was Tecently published ■which gave the impression that a method of showing films and producing not only the movements of actors but also their spoken words, had been discovered in Germany, and was to be exploited at large. In actual fact this idea had already been developed by Dr. De Forest, a noted wireless authority, and rights to his invention in this Dominion had been secured by a , New Zealand company before the cablegram appeared. To some ertent, therefore, publication of the message -was calculated to interfere with the operations of this company, and it is proper- to make this explanation. The first machine for the new process has arrived, and was shown in operation to-day. It excited considerable curiosity in view of possible developments of this new invention.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1926, Page 17
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