So among the methods AP employed to deliver photos from London to its American newspaper clients was an arrangement to put them on Royal Air Force bombers. In 1953, it took eight minutes to transmit a single black-and-white photograph, provided the weather conditions and phone lines cooperated. For his mother's crowning 70 years ago, the wire service also enlisted the help of an air force. The Associated Press will muster a small army to cover King Charles III's coronation this weekend.
Uncredited/AP Show More Show Less 11 of18 FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, gather with other members of the British Royal Family to greet supporters from the balcony at Buckingham Palace following her coronation, which took place in Westminster Abbey. The AP will muster a small army to cover King Charles III's coronation this weekend. Uncredited/AP Show More Show Lessĩ of18 10 of18 AP Wirephoto operator Harold King demonstrates transmission equipment at Associated Press headquarters in New York, circa 1950. of the booklet shows Wirephoto equipment. AP Corporate Archives/AP Show More Show Less 8 of18 An Associated Press promotional booklet celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Wirephoto service, which was inaugurated Jan. 6 of18 7 of18 This is an original illustration that was sent to clients during Associated Press coverage of Queen Elizabeth II"s coronation in London, June 2, 1953.
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