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Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born

Name: Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born
Director: Peter Gauvain
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-10-19
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Dallas Campbell, Danielle George, Hugh Hunt

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Release Date: October 19, 2016

Genre: Documentary

Duration: 1h 30m

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Director: Peter Gauvain

Cast: Dallas Campbell, Danielle George, Hugh Hunt

Storyline

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.