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1:01

3 months ago

Gigantor

Does anyone else remember Gigantor?

OriginalErty • 234,923 views

dillonsbestfriend commented:

G8 to see this again, remember it well.
0:57

5 months ago

405 LINE TV TEST CARD C

Test Card C being shown on my HMV 1910 17" 405 line tv from 1960.

FIFTIESCRUISER • 3,586 views

dillonsbestfriend commented:

There certainly would not have been tone in that period, in fact there was no tone on the BBC trade between 1959 and 1963.
10:43

5 months ago

Apron Strings (BBC1 1968-1971)

This new tape first debuted on BBC1 as a replacement for Fury in February 1968 and this had lasted until the re-introduction of Asia Minor in May 1...

cwilliams1976 • 4,481 views

dillonsbestfriend commented:

Another fake card.
10:43

5 months ago

Lark In The Clear Air (BBC1 1971-1972)

One of the last of the original half-hour tapes on BBC1 before the switchover to the hour-long tapes in August 1972 was Lark In The Clear Air, whic...

cwilliams1976 • 4,789 views

dillonsbestfriend commented:

Just thought to say that this card is a fake, there never was a frequency rating Rhombus version on BBC1.
14:36

5 months ago

HIGHLAND HOLIDAY (Part 2 of 3).wmv

Here is part 2 of Highland Holiday.

robinse28 • 488 views

dillonsbestfriend commented:

Should this not be testcard D?
10:49

5 months ago

Turkish March (BBC1 1990-1991)

This was the last classical tape to be played by BBC1 during their trade transmissions from October 1990 as a replacement for March From The Merry ...

cwilliams1976 • 1,025 views

dillonsbestfriend commented:

Would the card used not have been the bbc1serif ?
14:30

5 months ago

Unidentified Trade Test Tape A (BBC2 1964)

This is the as yet identified trade test tape as transmitted on BBC2 in the run-up to its launch at its inception in April 1964 but was in use for ...

cwilliams1976 • 296 views

dillonsbestfriend commented:

Still nobody knows about this compilation.
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10:45

5 months ago

Swing Cocktail (BBC2 1972-1973)

Swing Cocktail turned out to be the very first hour-long trade test tape which was first heard on BBC2 back in May 1972 and came out of service in ...

cwilliams1976 • 5,606 views

dillonsbestfriend commented:

What is this second track and others that are not on this tape actually from, they are very nice, sound like Mozart Edition pieces?
1:53

7 months ago

Inejiro Asanuma Assassination Footage (1960)

In 1960, Inejiro Asanuma,chairman of "Japan Socialist Party" (JSP),was killed by 17-year- old boy. Japanese photographer Yasushi Nagao won the Pu...

taro123 • 1,771,140 views

dillonsbestfriend commented:

@nostalgiaholic777 If you look at the photo that received an award and the image of the live footage they are completely different!
10:46

9 months ago

Sugar Loaf (BBC2 1983-1985)

This particular tape was not only the final tape of the year for BBC2 but it also completed the quartet of new tapes introduced, and this replaced ...

cwilliams1976 • 2,659 views

dillonsbestfriend commented:

As this tape was used from 30.12.83 – 15.10.85 would it be that Testcard F with the double BBC2 logo can be used also?
0:43

1 year ago

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (STV) - Title Sequence

The opening titles to the STV production 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'.

scanbran • 1,823 views

dillonsbestfriend commented:

If you do a search for the tv series on HMV.com you will see that there is an intention to have this production commercially available on DVD, when I do not know.

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Nov 25, 2011

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