Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born (2016)
• October 19th, 2016 • 1h 30min
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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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