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Cough and You'll Deafen Thousands
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1972Item number (ISN):15895Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: HEAD OFFICEAccession:1982-0253Media:VideoProduction date:1972Production company:Mullard LimitedProduction credit:director, Michael Currer-Briggs; producer, Peter Bradford; photography, Norman Langley; editing, Ken Morgan; sound, Peter Gilpin; narrator, Richard Wade; commentator, Dudley FosterDescription:Documentary on the history of the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1922 - 1953 as told by the men who were actually involved. Noteworthy footage includes archival photos and interviews with the engineers who helped pioneer radio in Great Britain: P.P. Ekersley, R.T.B. Wynn, Sir Noel Ashbridge, and B.N. MacLarty. Topics include: regional and national programming; shortwave radio; construction of elaborate sound studios; Baird system of TV; EMI electronic system; the lip microphone; role of radio in World War II; and portable sound recording devices. <50mn>Subjects:BROADCASTING HISTORY~GREAT BRITAIN~RADIO BROADCASTING~TELEVISION BROADCASTING~BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATIONLanguage:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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