Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born
MovieTitle | Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Oct 19, 2016 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Peter Gauvain |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | Windfall Films |
Run time | 90 min. |
TV presenter Dallas Campbell, engineer Professor Danielle George and engineer Dr Hugh Hunt re-create the opening of the BBC's television service on 2 November 1936. This involves building the mechanical flying-spot cameras that were used by Baird's system.