Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Windfall Films
Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born on the Web:Official Website
Cast & Crew
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Peter Gauvain
Director
P
Peter Gauvain
Producer
Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born
DirectorPeter Gauvain
1 hr 30 minDocumentary
Plot
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.