#OTD 1948: The Olympic Games were held in London and the BBC televised them for the first time. This fascinating short film shows how the BBC provided facilities for the broadcasters of the 61 competing nations so they could be seen and heard around the world. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1948: The Olympic Games were held in London and the BBC televised them for the first time. This fascinating short film shows how the BBC provided facilities for the broadcasters of the 61 competing nations so they could be seen and heard around the world. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel captured all the sights and sounds of the Royal Agricultural Show. Well, mostly just the sights. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel captured all the sights and sounds of the Royal Agricultural Show. Well, mostly just the sights. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel broadcast exclusive footage of the british prototype Fairey Gyrodyne setting a new world speed record at White Waltham Airfield. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel broadcast exclusive footage of the british prototype Fairey Gyrodyne setting a new world speed record at White Waltham Airfield. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1951: Self-service shopping reached the UK. The manly men of Newsreel deferred to noted woman, Marjorie Anderson, for this report. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1951: Self-service shopping reached the UK. The manly men of Newsreel deferred to noted woman, Marjorie Anderson, for this report. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: Newsreel was at Bosinver farm, where what was once the richest tin mine in all of Cornwall had been reopened. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1949: Newsreel was at Bosinver farm, where what was once the richest tin mine in all of Cornwall had been reopened. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel broke the news that there was a place called Liechtenstein, and it was charming. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel broke the news that there was a place called Liechtenstein, and it was charming. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: BBC Newsreel took a look at how pottery was made. This is possibly the most relaxing thing we've watched all year. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: BBC Newsreel took a look at how pottery was made. This is possibly the most relaxing thing we've watched all year. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: BBC News took a peek at panto preparations (oh yes they did.) | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel showed footage of the Olympic torch en route to Wembley Stadium, ahead of the 1948 Olympic Games. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: The Olympic Games were held in London and the BBC televised them for the first time. This fascinating short film shows how the BBC provided facilities for the broadcasters of the 61 competing nations, so they could be seen and heard around the world. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Richmond, in Yorkshire, really, really wanted everybody to know where its boundaries were. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: "Father, mother, children, the dog, the newest baby and piles of household goods all set out for the pleasant and profitable business of hop picking." Newsreel reported on Londoners taking their annual hop picking holiday. A wonderful piece of social history. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: "Completely lost in the mists of antiquity, are the origin and meaning of this strange old English dance." Newsreel was in Abbots Bromley, to watch the mystifying horn dance. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel was keen to show off the nifty outside broadcast kit the BBC was using to cover the 1948 London Olympics. You might want to sit down for this one, camera geeks. #Olympics #OlympicGames | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel cameras were at the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, to watch driver Raymond Mays win - again. Give somebody else a chance, Raymond! | BBC Archive
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It's the #SummerSolstice! #OnThisDay in 1949, the Ancient Order of Druids gathered at Stonehenge for their annual summer solstice ceremony. | BBC Archive
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In 1953, the BBC filmed the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Television transmitters carried pictures across the UK and Europe, while a special transatlantic delivery of BBC film reels ensured North American viewers didn't miss out. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel followed the 32nd Mine Sweeping Flotilla, as it detonated magnetic mines in the Thames Estuary. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay1949: Newsreel reported as Southend illuminations were switched on. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel showed footage of Sir Nigel Gresley being put through its paces at the new Locomotive Testing Station in Rugby. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1950: Newsreel documented the making of "the periodical with the world's biggest sale", the Radio Times Christmas edition. For more Radio Times than you can shake a stick at, visit BBC Genome: genome.ch.bbc.co.uk | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1951: Now that Christmas is over for another year, all those hard working postmen can finally take a break. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Is it a boat? Is it a plane? No it's... actually, yes, it is both of those things. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1951: "His real memorial is in the forest of aerials springing up over the whole country." A plaque was unveiled in honour of television pioneer, John Logie Baird. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1953: This Television Newsreel report captures the sense of anticipation and excitement on Coronation Day, as thousands camped out overnight to catch a glimpse of the new Queen. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1948: Catch as catch can wrestling, hammer throwing, caber tossing and “putting the shot”… It can only be the Braemar Games, which was celebrating its Royal centenary. For more Scottish archive you can visit - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/scotland/zdnyxyc | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1948: Newsreel showed footage of the last German prisoners of war leaving Britain. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1950: "Everything seemed set for another page of television history." Newsreel covered an outside broadcast from the skies. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay1949: Newsreel paid tribute to those who kept Britain moving on Christmas Day. | BBC Archive
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