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362 120.—Continued. B. Light, portable type exhibit which can be carried by one man.

Washington. It is feasible, indeed, to have programs originating in the Walter Reed studios distributed over the facilities of nationwide broadcasting networks, as has been done upon occasion.

The assignment of space in the Institute of Pathology building for the installation of television facilities for the Medical Center was planned from the beginning, and contracts with the Radio Corporation of America for the installation were made in June 1955, within weeks after occupation of the new building. The installation, completed in late 1956, includes facilities for producing both black-and-white and color programs. One unusual feature of the equipment is a color-television camera, mounted in the ceiling of the hospital operating room, arranged for 360-degree viewing from any part of the