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Uploaded by on May 13, 2008

Film of BBC transmitting station at Droitwich being constructed in 1934. See www.bbceng.info

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  • Beautiful !!

  • Fuck! Call Health and Safety!

  • One of my neighbours used to work at Droitwich.

  • Thanks for sharing this very interesting film. I would imagine that a lot of people at the time did not have electricity & would not have known anything about power or wattage. The noise at 8:18 sounds like something out of a sci fi film:)

  • The beeb on the cutting edge, as usual.

  • I think you will find 1 HP = 746 Watts

  • It is ironic that one of the names in the credits is WATT, but Watt as a unit of electrical measurement is never given anywhere in the presentation.

    : )

  • Not even once did the announcer give valve or genset ratings in KW!

    You could get by with that mistake with the gensets, but all electrical systems are measured in KW (volts, amps, watts)...

    Aside from that massive goof, the short is otherwise free of flaws.

    The missing audio could be fixed by replicating nearby existing audio.

    Where did the film print come from?

    Who preserved it?

    Max Power, CEO

    Power Broadcasting / Deep Space Network @ Home

    ADL, AU / WEL, NZ

    VAN, BC / SEA, US

  • now that would break a few pile ups on 20 meters

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