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Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born

Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born

Release: 2016-10-19 ·Runtime: 90m
Documentary

TV presenter Dallas Campbell, engineer Professor Danielle George and engineer Dr Hugh Hunt re-create the opening of the BBC's television service on 2 November 1936. This involves building the mechanical flying-spot cameras that were used by Baird's system.

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Windfall Films

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