Televising the Coronation Procession - 12th May 1937

[bingola45]

Is that Doug Birkinshaw?

[aptsarchive]

@bingola45 If you mean the man wearing the hat and with a cane, no. That is actually Gerald Cock (Director of Television). Tony Bridgewater is also seen in this film.

[altfactor]

I don't think TV cameras were inside the Abbey.

Perhaps BBC television carried the sound portion of the ceremony with a still photo of the King.

And with newsreel films shot inside the Abbey, perhaps film of the ceremony aired on television as soon as they were developed, perhaps two or three hours after it took place.

[aptsarchive]

@altfactor Television cameras were not allowed in the Abbey during the actual Coronation ceremony. The newly formed BBC Television Service covered the Coronation procession. The TV Service did not carry the sound portion of the ceremony. However the ceremony was covered by the newsreel companies, which duirng this period were also shown on BBC Television

[supadupa125]

Not a foreigner to be seen, the good old days.

[billywhitewolf]

who is that prince charles lookalike near the beginning?

[tubeie07]

Superb, great to see! Oh to have experienced that unique period in time!

[aptsarchive]

I have another video to upload soon, where a film cine camera was used to film the images from a television receiver which was receiving the Coronation transmission! Watch this space!!!

[tubeie07]

I CAN NOT WAIT! Excellent... I just finished watching an old Betamax recording of the series 'TELEVISION', made by he BBC in 1984. The fist ep 'The Race For Television' I can watch over and over again as it contains great early footage, so naturally your posts interest me greatly!

[Muffinacious]

Thanks very much! This is a great resource.

[aptsarchive]

Thank you. I hope to upload more television history material in the next month or so.  Subscribe to the APTS Archive Channel on youtube so you see when the new items are uploaded.