Film
Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born
2016 · 1h 30m · Documentary
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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.
Cast
Crew
- Peter GauvainDirector · Producer
Details
- Release date
- October 19, 2016
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
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