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- British Association Lecture, Leeds, 1927
- John Logie Baird in America, 1931
- Television in 1932, BBC Annual Report, 1933
- The Wonder of Television, 1933
- Television To-day and To-morrow, 1939
- The Televisor: Successful Test of New Apparatus 1926
- Next We'll See to Paris, 1927
- Transatlantic Television in 1928
- How Stereoscopic Television is Shown, 1928
- Baird's Trip to Trinidad in 1919
- Alice, Who art Thou? An old mystery
- The Man with the Flower in his Mouth, 1930
- Televising the Derby, 1931
- Televising the Derby, 1932
- H.G. Wells and J.L. Baird
- What was Early Television Actually Like?
- 1932 Television Demonstrated in 1952
- Crystal Palace Television Studios
- Television on the West End Stage in 1935
- What did JLB really do in World War II?
- High Definition Colour Television, 1940–1944
- John Logie Baird—the final months, 1945–1946
- Life with an Inventive Father, 1985
- Down the pub with John Logie Baird?
- A Personal Journey, 2000
- The Making of JLB: The Man Who Saw The Future, 2002
- John Logie Baird the innovator
- John Logie Baird and his Contributions to Television
- Print versus Television: from Baird to McLuhan
- SMPTE and IEEE recognitions of JLB's work
- Television at the 1939 New York World's Fair
- Four Key Players in Early Television Development
- Terry-Thomas and the Baird Portable
- University of Strathclyde exhibition, 1990
- Malcolm Baird looks back on 90 years of UK television
- Television—75 years after Alexandra Palace
- The Farnsworth Invention Saga
- Television, Radar and J.L. Baird, 1923–46
- Baird Television Ltd. and Radar
- Television and Me—The Memoirs of John Logie Baird
- Book and Film Reviews
- Other Television Inventors & Links
Jack Buchanan (1891–1957)
Jack Buchanan, Baird, and an assistant on the roof of the Baird company premises at 133 Long Acre, London for a test of daylight television, 1928
Actor and Producer
Born in Helensburgh. Like fellow Scot David Niven (1909–1983), Buchanan was renowned for his portrayal of the quintessential Englishman on stage and screen.
He worked in the West End and on Broadway and took roles in several Hollywood musicals, including The Band Wagon (1953). Other roles included Smash and Grab (1937) and The Gang's All Here (1939).
He also produced several films including The Sky's the Limit (1938) and Happidrome (1943), which he also directed.
Jack Buchanan also provided financial backing for that other son of Helensburgh, John Logie Baird, in his work to develop his television system, and helped arrange things with the company John Logie Baird Ltd. after Baird's death in 1946.
Buchanan with Fred Astaire in 'I guess I'll have to change my plan' from The Bandwagon (1953)