Televisions’ 40th Anniversary
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 40th Anniversary of Television. DESCRIPTION: On 2nd November, 1936 Leslie Mitchell announced the beginning of the BBC’s new regular television service, in fact it was the first in the world. From a Movietone newsreel of the late 1930’s we take a look at part of one of those early television programmes. SHOTLIST: MCU poster for Television a monthly magazine (2 shots). CU John Logie Baird’s mask pull back to experimental television transmitter. MCU part of transmitter pull back (B/W). GV TV studio (B/W). MS control panel (B/W). MS TV studio (B/W). MCU old paper showing programmes (B/W). CU screening times BMN (B/W). MS TV studio. MS l to r Mrs Balfour, Joan Miller, Dinah Sheridan, Leslie Mitchell & Jasmine Bligh. MCU Mrs Balfour & Joan Miller. MCU Dinah Sheridan, Leslie Mitchell & Jasmine Bligh (2 shots) (B/W section). MS fire engine past. MS engine past to see TV camera. MS man with fire hose. MS Jasmine Bligh in burning room. MS ladder into position. MS fireman rescues Jasmine Bligh (2 shots). MLS Leslie Mitchell on ladder. MLS people watching. MCU Leslie Mitchell on ladder (end B/W section). MS Leslie Mitchell & Douglas Birkinshaw (engineer) look at Emitron camera (BBC 1936-54). MS Leslie Mitchell. MCU Douglas Birkinshaw. MS Leslie Mitchell with Douglas Birkinshaw. MCU Emitron camera. CU interior Emitron camera (2 shots). MCU plaque on Baird’s television (B/W). MS family watching television (2 shots). CU television screen pull back to see Marconiphone Television Receiver 702’ 1938.
- Keywords
- Commemorations; Mass media; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Curiosities; Domestic life; Celebrations and festivals; Science and technology; Newspapers; Performing arts; Inventions and discoveries; Television
- Locations
- London
- Footage sources
- Library
- Card file number
- 76/205
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Denis White
- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 224
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