John Wyver writes: The afternoon of Saturday 12 August 1939, three weeks before the declaration of war, saw one of the BBC's mobile control units in Kensington Gardens for a leisurely hour-long outside broadcast from the edges of the Round more
John Wyver writes: Monday 9 August 1938 was the first day of the BBC's mobile control unit being at the Empire Pool, Wembley (now Wembley Arena) for the European Swimming Championships. Two afternoon visits continued each day throughout more
John Wyver writes: You can sense from Alexandra Palace's schedules that August was the cruellest month for those running the service in 1938 and 1939 (and remember that Television shut down for three weeks in 1937). Producers and crews more
John Wyver writes: By Friday 15 July 1938 the BBC's mobile control unit was well-established at Roehampton Club providing the third of four days' OBs from the private sports facility in south London. The range of summer leisure activities more
John Wyver writes: Across nearly three hours on the evening of Thursday 13 July 1939 an outside broadcast of the operetta The Desert Song was transmitted from the Garrick Theatre in London's West End. By this point the BBC's mobile more
John Wyver writes: For just over an hour on the afternoon of Sunday 2 July 1939 OB cameras from Scanner 2 (its counterpart was at Wimbledon) relayed the parade of National Service organisations in Hyde Park. Some 20,000 volunteers marched more
John Wyver writes: At 11.30am on the morning of Friday 24 June 1938, television's cameras were at Lord's for an hour of the second Test Match between England and Australia. Coverage 'by kind permission of the MCC' featured commentary more
John Wyver writes: On the afternoon of Thursday 22 June 1939 one of the BBC's mobile control units was stationed at Waterloo while the other was by the Victoria Memorial close to Buckingham Palace. Six weeks or so before more
John Wyver writes: On Monday 21 June 1937, at 3.03pm for just 15 minutes, and then again at 3.42pm for a further 10 minutes, the Television service broadcast a live OB from the Wimbledon Championships for the very first time. more
John Wyver writes: For the best part of an hour on the afternoon of Monday 13 June 1938, Alexandra Palace offered an OB from Northolt, just over a dozen miles away. The occasion was the running of the Northolt Pony more