Television’s Dress Rehearsal

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

46/30

Date Released

15 Apr 1946

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Genius in an Asylum
2. 2April in Three Cities
3. 3April in Three Cities
4. 4April in Three Cities
5. 5Television’s Dress Rehearsal

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

Visit to Alexandra Palace as the BBC television cameras go into action. Windmill Theatre chorus girls are televised. Pathe shows how performers, producers, controllers, and cameramen operate to bring radioed sound pictures into the homes of televiewers.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Science and technology; Television

Locations

London; Alexandra Palace

Length of story (in feet)

231

Story extras:

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