BBC: The Beginning of the TV Era
Two man news crews using the fairly new (for the period) 16-mm camera, with sound being recorded as an optical track on the film.[{"term_id":"44","name":"BBC Beginning","slug":"bbc-beginning","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"50","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"12"}]588
Studio B was the main news studio when Television News was based at Alexandra palace. The Director and his secretary can be seen extreme right.
Vision Mixer can be seen middle foreground.[{"term_id":"44","name":"BBC Beginning","slug":"bbc-beginning","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"50","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"12"}]598
A graphic artist preparing visuals to illustrate a news story.[{"term_id":"44","name":"BBC Beginning","slug":"bbc-beginning","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"50","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"12"}]597
Photograph circa 1964/5. Roger Wilson, from the Photograph Library (far left) can be seen discussing a photograph for a news story, with the Duty Editor. This is the opposite view of above photograph, showing two televisions for viewing the various news bulletins transmitted on BBC1 and on BBC2.[{"term_id":"44","name":"BBC Beginning","slug":"bbc-beginning","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"50","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"12"}]596
Reporters and journalists at their desks in the newsroom at Alexandra Palace. The windows overlook Alexandra Park. Notice the different color telephones and the fact that everyone is smoking![{"term_id":"44","name":"BBC Beginning","slug":"bbc-beginning","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"50","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"12"}]595
News reader at his desk in preparation for the news program. In the background can be seen a variety of cameras and studio equipment. Studio B, Alexandra Palace.[{"term_id":"44","name":"BBC Beginning","slug":"bbc-beginning","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"50","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"12"}]594
Photograph circa 1968. News reader John Edmunds (who read the news from on BBC Television from September 1968 until September 1973), sitting at the news readers desk in Studio B at Alexandra Palace. A remotely controlled television camera can be seen in the background. Four of these cameras were brought into operation at Alexandra Palace on 10th June 1961.
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Roger Wilson, with two production secretaries in the News Photographic Library.[{"term_id":"44","name":"BBC Beginning","slug":"bbc-beginning","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"50","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"12"}]592
Photograph circa 1969.[{"term_id":"44","name":"BBC Beginning","slug":"bbc-beginning","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"50","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"12"}]591
Editing the processed film into a news story. This editing desk is now on display in Studio A at Alexandra Palace, which is open to the general public at various times during the year.[{"term_id":"44","name":"BBC Beginning","slug":"bbc-beginning","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"50","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"12"}]590
Two man news crews using the fairly new (for the period) 16-mm camera, with sound being recorded as an optical track on the film.[{"term_id":"44","name":"BBC Beginning","slug":"bbc-beginning","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"50","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"12"}]589
Studio B Control Gallery – opposite view of above photograph. The bank of monitor screens are clearly visible in the background, to which all those in the control room watch constantly. The control room engineer is sitting in the immediate foreground.[{"term_id":"44","name":"BBC Beginning","slug":"bbc-beginning","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"50","taxonomy":"media-tags","description":"","parent":"0","count":"12"}]599
These archived photographs will transport you to the dawn of television news, provided by the Alexandra Palace Television Society.
BBC: The Beginning of the TV Era
These archived photographs will transport you to the dawn of television news, provided by the Alexandra Palace Television Society.