I believe that Zak tried to contact one or both of them at their former residence. Or perhaps he was planning to try. Not sure. The Google knows all. I will scan your star charts.
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I believe that Zak tried to contact one or both of them at their former residence. Or perhaps he was planning to try. Not sure. The Google knows all. I will scan your star charts.
Television's Opening Night: How the Box was Born
In a unique experiment, Dallas Campbell, Professor Danielle George and Dr Hugh Hunt join forces in an attempt to restage the very first official broadcast on British (and world) television, exactly 80 years after it made history.
The world's very first official broadcast came, courtesy of the BBC, from London's historic entertainment venue Alexandra Palace on 2nd November 1936 - but there are no surviving recordings. To find out just what went on, this 21st-century team attempts to piece back together and recreate every aspect of the show from scratch - from the variety acts to the cameras - using the original technology and filming techniques to capture the excitement of the day.
It's not going to be easy. At the dawn of TV, two rival camera technologies competed live on air to take control of the fledgling industry. The system that went first on opening night was a seven-foot tall mechanical monster built by John Logie Baird's company. It was called the 'Flying Spot' and at its heart was a huge steel disc spinning almost at the speed of sound - meaning mechanical engineer Hugh had better be careful as he attempts to resurrect it. Meanwhile, Danielle finds out how the rival and highly experimental all-electronic camera system had problems of its own.
BBC Television announcer Jasmine Bligh tuning in a Baird 'televisor'. The world's first TV service was broadcast to just 100 or so TV sets
Adele Dixon sang a song about the "mystic rays" of television during the first broadcast CREDIT: BBC
The team uncovers the mixed influences of high-minded radio and bawdy variety shows on early TV, at a time when it was still a science experiment and not a mass medium. They seek advice from pre-war television pioneers, including television inventor John Logie Baird's former assistant, now aged 104 but still full of handy tips about how to build a mechanical camera.
Dallas learns just how much harder his job would have been 80 years ago, when the very first television announcer Leslie Mitchell was plastered in bizarre make-up and given a cue for 'action' that bordered on physical assault! Dallas also meets one of the performers in front of the camera on the original night - now in her nineties - to find out what it was like to be part of television history.
As they prepare for broadcast, the team discovers a story of cogs and gears, electron beams and dancing girls - and one mad night that, for better or worse, helped invent television as we know it.
Watch it here:
In a unique experiment, Dallas Campbell, Professor Danielle George and Dr Hugh Hunt join forces in an attempt to restage the very first official broadcast on British (and world) television, exactly 80 years after it made history.
The world's very first official broadcast came, courtesy of the BBC, from London's historic entertainment venue Alexandra Palace on 2nd November 1936 - but there are no surviving recordings. To find out just what went on, this 21st-century team attempts to piece back together and recreate every aspect of the show from scratch - from the variety acts to the cameras - using the original technology and filming techniques to capture the excitement of the day.
It's not going to be easy. At the dawn of TV, two rival camera technologies competed live on air to take control of the fledgling industry. The system that went first on opening night was a seven-foot tall mechanical monster built by John Logie Baird's company. It was called the 'Flying Spot' and at its heart was a huge steel disc spinning almost at the speed of sound - meaning mechanical engineer Hugh had better be careful as he attempts to resurrect it. Meanwhile, Danielle finds out how the rival and highly experimental all-electronic camera system had problems of its own.
BBC Television announcer Jasmine Bligh tuning in a Baird 'televisor'. The world's first TV service was broadcast to just 100 or so TV sets
Adele Dixon sang a song about the "mystic rays" of television during the first broadcast CREDIT: BBC
The team uncovers the mixed influences of high-minded radio and bawdy variety shows on early TV, at a time when it was still a science experiment and not a mass medium. They seek advice from pre-war television pioneers, including television inventor John Logie Baird's former assistant, now aged 104 but still full of handy tips about how to build a mechanical camera.
Dallas learns just how much harder his job would have been 80 years ago, when the very first television announcer Leslie Mitchell was plastered in bizarre make-up and given a cue for 'action' that bordered on physical assault! Dallas also meets one of the performers in front of the camera on the original night - now in her nineties - to find out what it was like to be part of television history.
As they prepare for broadcast, the team discovers a story of cogs and gears, electron beams and dancing girls - and one mad night that, for better or worse, helped invent television as we know it.
Watch it here:
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Curling...............and not so much as a sign or a protestor in sight.........just a bunch of fine folks and great curlers having a grand day. This is the second in the Grand Slam series. It is being held in Cranbrook, AB. Draw of the afternoom is between Botcher and Laycock.
LIU v SFU in college soccer with the latter winning the semi final ~ finale on Sunday for the NEC Conference
Grand. . . Slam. . . of CURLING?!?!?!Curling...............and not so much as a sign or a protestor in sight.........just a bunch of fine folks and great curlers having a grand day. This is the second in the Grand Slam series. It is being held in Cranbrook, AB. Draw of the afternoom is between Botcher and Laycock.
That's like the thrilling, white-knuckled excitement of sloth racing.
lol
you already have
it was called a US presidential race
here is what I was watching
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IadsLclBOS8
can't get used to street noise when I stay in town
Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2016
Broadcast live on BBC One last night: Huw Edwards presents the Royal British Legion's annual Festival of Remembrance, which pays tribute to all victims of war and conflict.
In the presence of HM the Queen, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the royal family, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, Laura Mvula, Birdy and Alexander Armstrong perform alongside the Royal Air Force Squadronaires and the Band of HM Royal Marines. From World War One to the present day, as the poppy petals fall from the roof of the Royal Albert Hall in central London, the Festival remembers the many who make the ultimate sacrifice.
Broadcast live on BBC One last night: Huw Edwards presents the Royal British Legion's annual Festival of Remembrance, which pays tribute to all victims of war and conflict.
In the presence of HM the Queen, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the royal family, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, Laura Mvula, Birdy and Alexander Armstrong perform alongside the Royal Air Force Squadronaires and the Band of HM Royal Marines. From World War One to the present day, as the poppy petals fall from the roof of the Royal Albert Hall in central London, the Festival remembers the many who make the ultimate sacrifice.
Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2016
Broadcast live on BBC One last night: Huw Edwards presents the Royal British Legion's annual Festival of Remembrance, which pays tribute to all victims of war and conflict.
In the presence of HM the Queen, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the royal family, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, Laura Mvula, Birdy and Alexander Armstrong perform alongside the Royal Air Force Squadronaires and the Band of HM Royal Marines. From World War One to the present day, as the poppy petals fall from the roof of the Royal Albert Hall, the Festival remembers the many who make the ultimate sacrifice.
At least, I don't see Farange's fukcing little face turning Rememberance into a travesty.
It's not Farage you need to worry about. It's the Far-Left MPs who show no respect for the war dead, Far-Left MPs like Mr Corbyn, who was spotted dancing his way into Downing Street on his way to attending the Remembrance Sunday memorial at the Cenotaph today:
Grand Slam of curling and Val Sweeting has just won the Tier 1 event...................You Go Val!
I'll be watching, pete...............GO HOOVERS. Just switched from curling to the Ti-Cat vs Eskimos game............go Ti-Cats!