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The UPITN television news agency operated on a global level in the 1970s. Cameramen, most of them on a freelance contract, were stationed in UPI bureaus dotted all around the world. 16mm film cameras were...
For an illuminating rendition of 1920s newsreel editing, take a look at the Newsfilm Online high-quality download of 'Gaumont Graphic Editor and Women's Lacrosse Battle' (25/10/1928), a Gaumont Graphic...
For an early instance of 'electric vision' as demonstrated by one of the pioneers of television, John Logie Baird (1888-1946), see the high-quality download of the Gaumont Graphic newsreel story Television...
Have you ever wondered what early film and broadcast productions were like? The Gaumont Graphic newsreel story BROADCASTING VISUALISED (5/3/1926), will give you wonderful insights into both: as part of the...
Did you know that from 1870 until the 1970s Reading used to be called 'Biscuit Town' because of the Huntley & Palmers factory - by 1900 the largest biscuit manufacturer in the world? To see footage of...
Winter is upon us with the first big freeze keeping the road police busy in Northern Ireland, but what was it like for people with cold jobs in the Golden Twenties? The News on Screen/Newsfilm Online...
How would you find out if this footage made it onto British television screens? What was broadcast on the Chile Coup? It can be difficult knowing where to start and how to search online for this material....
At the Oscars this year THE KING'S SPEECH was awarded the prize for best film, best director, best actor and best screenplay. Details of the night's awards can be accessed here. Director Tom Hooper’s film...