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Terry Heath’s Intertel History – part 1
The Birth and Pioneering days of the Television Facilities Industry Terry Heath with sincere acknowledgements for their valuable contributions to My thanks also to the many who were to follow the first dozen or so at InterTel’s infancy, for each … Continue reading
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Topics 7 Summer 2022
Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee What a joyous delight to see Paddington Bear at tea with the Queen – and eating marmalade sandwiches. There was a rumour that the Queen herself was to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress … Continue reading
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Boomcam
A long long time ago, in 1975, this story began. It was documented on pages 147 then 164 of the old site, and is still there. The only problem is that the videos and captions at that time were all … Continue reading
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TV Camera Training and Ron Green
from John Barlow John send these from the days when he was Head of Cameras The first is Ron Green on the front of a Mole crane crewed by trainees, doing a tricky run round a piano – the sort … Continue reading
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“Dr Who” Pilots and Titles Mike Jordan noted that the BBC Motion Graphics Archive had opened at Ravensbourne College. The Archive shows development of graphics across the BBC and includes examples of opening titles and promotion trailers. The “Dr Who” … Continue reading
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Derek Brady and the story of The Man with the Flower in his Mouth
Back in 2013, Derek Brady sent in a number of photos. They are on the old site at page 131. He also sent the story of the first ever TV drama. He had worked on a reconstruction of the 1930 … Continue reading
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