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Month: August 2020

Posted on August 25, 2020December 29, 2020

BBC coverage of 40th and 50th anniversaries of the D Day landings

By Dan Cranefield, Senior Engineering Manager, BBC Tel OBs.

Dan Cranefield recalls his involvement with the BBC coverage of the 40th and 50th anniversaries of the D Day landings from Arromanches and Bayeux in France.

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Posted on August 16, 2020February 26, 2021

The British Vintage Wireless Society

The British Vintage Wireless Society (BVWS) is a society of over 1200 World-wide members sharing a common interest in the preservation and communication of technical and historical data, and the preservation and restoration of Vintage radio and related equipment.

David Church is the BVWS webmaster and runs his own site at davidchurch.com.

Posted on August 16, 2020November 7, 2020

Peter Scott’s Nostalgia Site

Peter Scott’s Nostalgia Site at www.nostalgiatech.co.uk covers some of his interests but is principally dedicated to the SS Jaguar motor car, the first Marconi/EMI television receivers, and the Emitron Camera.

Posted on August 15, 2020December 29, 2020

Recreating the magic of TV’s early days

A newly formed charity in England is preserving and using a number of vintage outside broadcast trucks that were originally used in the UK in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

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Posted on August 15, 2020February 14, 2021

David Taylor’s Postfade website

Richard has been in contact with David Taylor who runs the PostFade website. On the site he looks at broadcast and recorded sound, exploring the techniques from the 1950s and 1960s to the present.

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Posted on August 10, 2020August 10, 2020

BBC CMCR list

Robin Stonestreet has been in touch with us with a list of BBC CMCRs (Colour Mobile Control Rooms). This draws on earlier work by Jerry Clegg with extra input from Brian Summers and Richard Harris.

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