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July 10, 1946
BRITISH ENTHUSE OVER VICTORY PARADE TV; HAVE BIG PLANS
Word Is Just beginning to filter through from England regarding the interest there In the postwar resumption of televi¬ sion, of the success of televising the great London Victory Parade, and of the ambitious plans the British Broadcasting Corporation has for televising important forthcoming events.
’•From now on”, a BBC commentator declared, "little will happen within a radius of thirty miles of Alexandra Palace (head¬ quarters of the London 3BC Television Service) that will dodge the peering eye of the television camera. "
All this apparently is based upon what the BBC says were the highly satisfactory results of their first postwar undertaking of the continuous televising for more than two hours of the recent memorable Victory Parade In London.
"From ten minutes to eleven on the morning of the parade, until a quarter past one, the screens in some thousands of English homes were alive with the faces of the famous and the unknown, with pictures of pageantry on parade, with a unique reflection of a nation* s expression of gratitude", a BBC commentator said,
"Viewers were promised that, from a position opposite the saluting base, they would watch the arrival of the Royal Landau with Their Majesties and the Princesses, would be able to follow the March Past, would have an opportunity of seeing many well-known personages sitting near the Royal party, and that Freddy G-risewood and Richard Dimbleby would be there to help them to Identify the people and the units on parade.
"They did. They saw the King and Queen and the Princesses, the representatives of the Allied nations, the men and women in uniform and out of it who were the unbreakable backbone of the war effort. They saw more than the most privileged spectators present were able to see.
"The Film Unit of the Television Service was there, too, and shot a film of thee vent that was televised in the evening trans¬ mission that same day.
"Viewers* reactions to the broadcasts were immediate and enthusiastic. Reports of reception came from places far outside the normal service area of the station: Minehead, in Somerset, 168 miles away an exceptional result and Ipswich, in Suffolk, 69 miles away, were among them.
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