Original upload date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 20:51:23 GMT
"This four-minute compilation from 1938 exists only because of a technological fluke and the enthusiasm of two television buffs, one in Britain and the other in America where, thanks to freak atmosphe
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ric conditions, it was picked up and recorded on a cine camera placed in front of a television screen as the images came in.
Andrew Emmerson, the British enthusiast, spent five years tracking down the recording and believes it is the only surviving example of pre-war live high-definition British television."
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More information at archive.org: http://www.archive.org/details/BbcTelevisionReceivedInNewYork-1938
