@stuartthegrant Thank you for your comments and glad you enjoyed this footage. We try hard to provide historical footage for researches and academics who find it virtually impossible to view any material concerning television history, as it just isn't made available.
Since there had been a seven-and-a-half year gap from the end of TV service and its resumption, the BBC probably had to train a lot of people to operate the equipment and produce program(me)s, since many of the pre-war staff weren't available to return to the TV studios at Alexandria Palace in 1946.
@altfactor Many thanks for your comment. And you are quite right, a great deal of staff had to be trained for the relaunch of the BBC Television Service. However, the majority of engineers, who had been called up to work with radar, were released early from the services, so they could return to Alexandra Palace to prepare for the resumption of the service.
@Meanmanmartin2007 This test broadcast, in April 1946, was a closed-circuit, so it was not actually transmitted to the home audience. Tuning signals were being transmitted at this point (to test the transmitter) and these tuning signals would have been viewable by the general public who owned a television set.
Another question, I know this is a bit off topic but was there actually a purpose of those tuning signals that they had just before the service closed down in 1939?
Thank you very much. We try to make as much material available on our Youtube channel that we can. There are many more programmes that have been processed ready to be uploaded to our Youtube channel.
Glad you think Cecil's direction is priceless! We are lucky enough to have two of Cecil Madden's scrapbooks in the APTS Archive. Being unable to record any of the television output Cecil documented every aspect of the BBC Television Service, with photographs, documents and personal comments.
I really enjoyed that rehearsal filmed the year I was born. The @aptsarchive is a great resource of historical merit,
Well done guys, keep up the good work..Stuart
stuartthegrant 4 months ago
@stuartthegrant Thank you for your comments and glad you enjoyed this footage. We try hard to provide historical footage for researches and academics who find it virtually impossible to view any material concerning television history, as it just isn't made available.
aptsarchive 4 months ago
Since there had been a seven-and-a-half year gap from the end of TV service and its resumption, the BBC probably had to train a lot of people to operate the equipment and produce program(me)s, since many of the pre-war staff weren't available to return to the TV studios at Alexandria Palace in 1946.
altfactor 9 months ago
@altfactor I hadn't thought of that at all but it makes complete sense.
Meanmanmartin2007 9 months ago
@altfactor Many thanks for your comment. And you are quite right, a great deal of staff had to be trained for the relaunch of the BBC Television Service. However, the majority of engineers, who had been called up to work with radar, were released early from the services, so they could return to Alexandra Palace to prepare for the resumption of the service.
aptsarchive 9 months ago
Thanks for sharing this on here.
I'm interested in finding out, would this test broadcast have been viewable by the general public who had a TV set?
Meanmanmartin2007 9 months ago
@Meanmanmartin2007 This test broadcast, in April 1946, was a closed-circuit, so it was not actually transmitted to the home audience. Tuning signals were being transmitted at this point (to test the transmitter) and these tuning signals would have been viewable by the general public who owned a television set.
aptsarchive 9 months ago
@aptsarchive Thanks for explaining.
Another question, I know this is a bit off topic but was there actually a purpose of those tuning signals that they had just before the service closed down in 1939?
Meanmanmartin2007 9 months ago
Just wonder why it's orange and not black and white?
unhban 10 months ago
@unhban At somepoint during the conversion somebody decided to put a sepia tint over the video sequence!
aptsarchive 10 months ago
"Keep it together girls, what a shambles!"
Grifiki 10 months ago
Wonderful video! A priceless moment of television history! Enjoyed it very much!
mysticmagic4760 2 years ago
What would we do without aptsarchive.
You are doing a great service to the nation.
mossie60 2 years ago
Thank you very much. We try to make as much material available on our Youtube channel that we can. There are many more programmes that have been processed ready to be uploaded to our Youtube channel.
aptsarchive 2 years ago
Thank you for sharing this historic material
AssociatedBroadcast 2 years ago
Glad you enjoyed it
aptsarchive 2 years ago
Wonderful as usual - the direction from Cecil is priceless!
tubeie07 2 years ago
Many thanks - glad you enjoyed it. I'm working through loads of video tapes and DVD's to post more television history material.
aptsarchive 2 years ago
Glad you think Cecil's direction is priceless! We are lucky enough to have two of Cecil Madden's scrapbooks in the APTS Archive. Being unable to record any of the television output Cecil documented every aspect of the BBC Television Service, with photographs, documents and personal comments.
aptsarchive 2 years ago