ALEXANDRA PALACE TELEVISION SOCIETY

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16-mm films of pre-war television now available on-line!

VIDEO

1936

Helen McKay performing for audiences at RadiOlympia in August 1936 SECTIONS ARE SILENT 438KB (2:52 mins)

1938

Outside Broadcast of omnibus' through the ages from Chiswick 13 & 14 January 1938 SILENT 105KB (39 secs)

1938

British Movietonews coverage of "Fire up Aloft" transmitted 19th February 1938   186KB (1.11 mins)

1938

"Anti-Aircraft Defence of London" 16mm film of rehearsal - 18 April 1938 SILENT 72.8KB (28 secs)

1938

See the only example of pre-war high-definition British Television known to exist SILENT First live BBC recording 417KB (2:46 mins)

1939

Jasmine Bligh in the BBC Television studio at RadiOlympia 1939 SILENT 264KB (29 secs)

1946

Jasmine Bligh re-opening BBC Television 7 June 1946 139KB (55 secs)

1947

Adelaide Hall performing "Chubba Chubba" RadiOlympia - 7 October 1947 1.9MB (3:11 mins)

1947

Adelaide Hall performing "Come Kiss Me Honey" RadiOlympia - 7 October 1947 1.6MB (2:44 mins)

1950s

BBC "Batwings" Tuning Signal SILENT 641KB (34 secs)

1950s

Experimental colour transmission from Alexandra Palace 472KB (46 secs)

1980

Alexandra Palace Fire 10th July 1980 446KB (25 secs)

1993

APTS Reunion 23 April 1993 261KB (1:43 mins)

AUDIO

Leslie Mitchell making the opening announcement on 2nd November 1936 310KB (50 secs)

Douglas Birkinshaw recalling the differences between the Baird system and the Marconi-EMI system at Alexandra Palace in 1936 523KB (1.25 secs)

Joan Miller describing her involvement with Picture Page at the start of the service in 1936 708KB (2 mins)

Cecil Madden discussing his production methods for Here's Looking at You, which featured Helen Mckay, seen in the video section above 500KB (1.21 secs)

Elizabeth Cowell recalling her experiences of announcing 355KB (58 secs)

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