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It Is Midnight Dr Schweitzer
The action takes place at night at Dr. Schweitzers hospital at Lambaréné, in Gabon, French Equatorial Africa. The time: August 2, 1914, the twenty-four hours before the outbreak of the first world war.
The Magic Rectangle: Anatomy of the Television Personality
Report on the phenomenon of the television personality, including interviews with TV presenters from the early days of broadcasting and also with contemporary presenters.
Presented by Robert Robinson and featuring; Jimmy Savile, Macdonald Hobley, Sylvia Peters, Mary Malcolm, Malcolm Muggeridge, Marghanita Laski, Angela Rippon, Esther Rantzen, Leslie Mitchell, David Frost, Robin Day, Barbara Kelly, Bernard Braden.
Birth of Television
Leslie Mitchell announced the official opening of the first high-definition public television service in the world on 2nd November 1936. Forty years later, from the same studio at Alexandra Palace, he traces the origins of television from the beginning of the 20th Century to the first outside broadcast the Coronation of George VI in May 1937.
Featuring televisions first presenters, producers, and technicians.
Transmitted 1 November 1976
This film footage is from the Archive Collection held and administered by the Alexandra Palace Television Society.
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The Secret War - The Battle of the Beams
A crumbled piece of paper recovered from a crashed German bomber had written on it a list of navigational aids: light and radio beacons; it also included a codename, 'Knickebein' - 'The Crooked Leg' a name unknown to British intelligence. The unravelling of the secrets of Knickebein by British scientists led to the Battle of the Beams and the first moves in electronic warfare.
Looks Familiar - Television Announcers
Denis Norden hosts another edition of the nostalgia series, this time featuring former television announcers McDonald Hobley, Sylvia Peters and Mary Malcolm, who discuss their time working for the BBC Television Service.
Originally transmitted: 4th July 1986
This film footage is from the Archive Collection held and administered by the Alexandra Palace Television Society.
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