Movie Description

Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born

(2016)

Overview

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.

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Original TitleTelevision's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2016-10-19

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 30m

Homepagehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0817s4g

Production CompaniesWindfall Films

Genres

  • Documentary