'... news of the quick, sudden, mobile sort, the real news of the tape-machine, the singing telegraph wires, the special edition and the strident voice of the paper boy.'

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OTD in early British television: 15 July 1938 - Illuminations John Wyver writes: By Friday 15 July 1938 the BBC’s mobile control unit was well-established at Roehampton Club providing the third of four days’ OBs from the private sports facility in south London. ...

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'The colours were chosen from a group sponsored by the British Colour Council for the coronation of George VI. Internally it was decorated in the Art Deco style.'

[This is the 200th original OTD post since last November.]

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Two months later, the nation was at war with Germany, and in retrospect both the event and the media coverage, including newsreels and a National Programme broadcast, can be seen as part of preparing a ‘war-minded’ nation.

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OTD in early British television: 22 June 1939 - Illuminations John Wyver writes: On the afternoon of Thursday 22 June 1939 one of the BBC’s mobile control units was stationed at Waterloo while the other was close to the Victoria Memorial close to Buckingham Pala...

For more about the broadcast and its possible meanings as imperial spectacle, do click through to the blog post:

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OTD in early British television: 21 June 1937 - Illuminations John Wyver writes: On Monday 21 June 1937, at 3.03pm for just 15 minutes, and then again at 3.42pm for a further 10 minutes, the Television service broadcast a live OB from the Wimbledon Championships...

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OTD in early British television: 13 June 1938 - Illuminations John Wyver writes: For the best part of an hour on the afternoon of Monday 13 June 1938, Alexandra Palace offered an OB from Northolt, just over a dozen miles away. The occasion was the running of the...

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For Purbeck's thoughts, please click the link to the full blog post in the lead entry.

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For a discussion of earlier screen versions of the race, of the 1938 broadcast, and of reactions, including a detailed Peter Purbeck review, please click through to the full post.

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