Alexandra Palace Television Society

List of Audio Tapes held in the Archive as of 1st February 2000

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Afternoon Start-up of BBC Television Service - Elizabeth Cowell	Closing bars of Newsreel then opening announcements	Tx: March 9, 1937
Andrew Miller-Jones	Pre & Post-War Talks Producer recalls his television career		30 mins
Artist's Model	Jasmine Bligh introduces an artist's model
Auntie Through The Looking Glass	How the BBC has been portrayed in popular culture - BBC Radio Two	Tx: 18 October 1997 - 3.15 - 4.00pm
Auntie's Secret Past	Items from the BBC Written Archives Centre - BBC Radio Two	Tx: 9 November 1997 - 10.00 - 11.00pm
BBC Television Film Department	Alan Lawson solo account of development of film	2 Tapes	120 mins
BBC Television Opening Ceremony		Tx: 2 November 1936
Ben Clapp and his involvement with Baird Television	Interview recorded for Royal Television Society	Recorded 24/03/1987
Cecil Madden	Recollection of BBC Television in 1936
Crew A - Studio Engineering - Post-War	Powell, Fox, Meakin, Stelp, Winn, Summers		90 mins
Designers - Recalling design development pre/post-war	Cameraman on tape two	2 Tapes	180 mins
Douglas Birkinshaw	Recollection of establishing BBC Television in 1936
Elizabeth Cowell	Recollection of BBC Television in 1936
Engineering solo covering 1937 - 1956	Clear & carefully prepared resume	J N (Bill) Bailey	60 mins
Engineers - Immediate Post-War	Recorded while on holiday in Portugal. Good Quality	Recorded by Ron Chown	90 mins
Engineers from 1940's	Repeat of previous tape - reduced transcript	Muriel Powell	150 mins
Evening Start-up of BBC Television Service - Elizabeth Cowell	Closing bars of Newsreel then opening announcements	Tx: March 9, 1937
Female Engineering Studio Staff - Wartime/1946-1952	Gladys Davies, Mary Ticehurst, Bimbie Harris, Muriel Powell	Recorded by Muriel Powell	90 mins
Female Studio Engineer	Molly Brownless single-handed recall of events		90 mins
Film Development at Alexandra Palace - A History	Norman Chapman solo account of development of film	3 Tapes	240 mins
Fire Engine - Sounds Effects	Fire-Fighting Demonstration	Tx: February 19, 1938 - 3.00-3.20pm
Five members who were at Ally Pally from Nov 1936	Engineers, Admin & Production - low technical quality	Recorded by Bill Ward	270 mins
Gerald Cock	Recollection of establishing BBC Television in 1936
Joan Miller	Recollection of performing in Picture Page
Lance Sieveking	Recollection of "Man with the Flower in his Mouth"	Recorded 1930
Leslie Mitchell introducing afternoon transmission		Tx: March 23, 1937
Memories of working at Alexandra Palace	June Averill & Vera Seaton-Reid	Recorded 6 June 1995	60 mins
Microphone Tests prior to opening of Television Service	Jasmine Bligh & Elizabeth Cowell	July 9, 1936
Mystic Sponges	Jasmine Bligh & Russell Swann	Tx: November 2, 1937
Outside Broadcast Commentators	Brian Johnston, Raymond Baxter, Robert Hudson, Mike Henderson	Recall early experiences and developments of presentation	90 mins
Outside Broadcast Engineering		Side A: Engineering Side B: Scanners & MCR's	90 mins
Outside Broadcast productions & view on chief people	Aubrey Singer, John Vernon, Mike Henderson	2 Tapes	120 mins
Persentation at Alexandra Palace	Malcolm, Peters, Humphries, Wallace, Hillcoat, Kneale	2 Tapes	180 mins
Personal Assistants/Secretaries to Studio Producers	Read pieces. Useful, not as lively as a discussion	Recorded by Ros Pool	60 mins
Pre & Post-War Engineering	Bailey, Robb, Stelp, ?	2 Tapes	180 mins
Pre & Post-War Productions	Denham, Calder, Littlewood, Luxford, Thornley, Hillcoat, Manderson	2 Tapes	180 mins
Preparations for the Re-Opening in 1946	Vera Seaton-Reid	Recorded by Muriel Powell	60 mins
Pre-War cameraman's solo tape from Canada	Peter Murray	Slow delivery due to stroke - good recall	60 mins
Pre-War Television Audio Recordings - Tape 1			60 mins
Pre-War Television Audio Recordings - Tape 2			60 mins
Programme Announcement for August 3, 1939		Tx: August 3, 1939
Programme preview for "Violetta"		Tx: ????
Recollections of working at Alexandra Palace	Scott, McCallum, Withers, Wilson, Malcolm		45 mins
Rise of the Common Voice	How BBC's attitude to the public has changed over its 75 year history - BBC Radio Two	Tx: 18 October 1997 - 7.25-8.00pm
Seeing by Wireless	The life story of John Logie Baird - BBC Radio Two	Tx: 21 October 1997 - 9.30 - 10.30pm
Sir Isaac Schoenberg	Short interview
Sir Kingsley Wood	Radio announcment of government acceptance of Selsdon Report
Sound Engineering - 1946-1952	Geoff White & John Eden-Eadon	Also includes description of line-up of Emitron camera	60 mins
Stuart Latham: Actor, Stage Manager, Producer	Appeared in 42 pre-war drama productions	Interviewed by Sylvia Peters	30 mins
Studio Sound Engineering - 1946-1952	Single-handed recollections by Dennis Basinger		30 mins

T H (Tony) Bridgewater	Talking to Ron Chown & Howard Armell about engineering	Recorded by Ron Chown	180 mins
T H (Tony) Bridgewater - Life-time of work in Television	Tony covers all aspects of television history in which he was involved	3 Tapes	270 mins
Televising The Coronation: King George VI	Soundtrack of BBC Film	Tx: May 12, 1937
Television At Work - Anti-Aircraft Display	BBC National Programme	Tx: April 18, 1938 - 3.25-4.00pm & 9.25-10.00pm
Television Theme Tunes & Songs	Contains material from both BBC & ITV		90 mins
Television Was Fun (Television Talks to America) - Part 2	What The Viewer Saw	Tx: April 22, 1944
Television Was Fun (Television Talks to America) - Part 3	Outside Actuality	Tx: April 29, 1944
Television Was Fun (Television Talks to America) - Part 5	On the Floor	Tx: May 13, 1944
Television Was Fun (Television Talks to America) - Part 6	Light Entertainment	Tx: May 20, 1944
Television Was Fun (Television Talks to America) - Part 7	Play Production	Tx: May 27, 1944
Tour of Alexandra Palace Television Station	Compiled from various radio sources		6 mins
Trailers for Radio Times	Jasmine Bligh & Leslie Mitchell	Tx: March 17, 1937
Transmitter & Lighting Design & "Paff" Cartoons	Roberts, Shankster, Pafford	Side A: Transmitter & Lighting Side B: Cartoons	90 mins
Way It Was, The - Television	Recent history from the BBC Sound Archives	BBC Radio London - 14 September 1985	30 mins
William Taynton	Short interview

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