Mitch

Associated Rediffusion Mitch Clock recreated with Flash, Swift 3D and photo from Richard G. Elen. Voice Redvers Kyle.

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[MarkAJAgi]

Programs start at 6:55am?

In those days they normally started at about 6pm.

[stupidrubbish]

@MarkAJAgi Yes, but this recording exists because it was taken from a tele-recording of ITN's general election coverage in 1959.

[Feisty1967]

This is obviously a reconstruction. TV would never have closed down at 2.35 in the morning in those days. Redvers Kyle was also an announcer on Yorkshire TV for many years, but I don't believe this is actually his voice being used here.

[stupidrubbish]

@Feisty1967 Yes, the clock is reconstructed and is clearly marked as such, but the soundtrack is genuine, and is taken from a recording of the ITN General Election coverage of 1959. Redvers Kyle joined Associated-Rediffusion in 1957. If you care to look in the TV Times from the era you can see him listed as presenting Small-Time and in fact the very first ITV programme for schools. I am well aware Redvers worked at Yorkshire Television - I used to work there too.

[redsnapper1959]

This is almost certainly a TV clip from the early hours of October 9th 1959, the day after the General Election, from what Redvers Kyle is saying.

The previous Election in 1955 was a few months before ITV started, and by the one after this in October 1964, Rediffusion's logo had had a revamp.

[redsnapper1959]

This is almost certainly a clip from the early hours of October 9th 1959, the day after the General Election.

[eszettfromhell]

That is superb.

[tdous]

Has there ever been a better name than "Redvers Kyle". Awesome stuff!

[IdentTelevision]

I found and filmed the original Associated Rediffusion clock which is housed in the national media museum in Bradford, at first it wasn't clear what it was as it looked like a corporate wall handing for an office or boardroom, it took me a minute or two to realise it was the ARTV clock ident board !

[presheaven]

Love this one Dave, excellent work.