Movies: Television history
- 2013
Goodbye Television Centre (2013)
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After 53 years Television Centre, the BBC's TV headquarters, is closing its doors and Michael Grade gathers together many of its best-loved faces to stroll down memory lane....
- 1991
Distress Signals (1991)
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American television programming dominates around the world at the expense of regional cultural voices....
- 1975
This is CEEFAX (1975)
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A look-behind-the-scenes at a television development that could be in everyone's home in just a few years' time. Reporter Angela Rippon tells the story of CEEFAX - the BBC's latest form of broadcasting. She visits Kingswood Warren where BBC Research ...
- 2024
An American Family at 50 (2024)
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TV special revisiting the documentary series that became a media sensation 50 years ago and birthed a new television genre. Examines the enduring significance of the series, which chronicled seven months in the lives of the Loud family of Santa Barba...
- 2013
The Native Hue of Resolution (2013)
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A documentary celebrating 20 years of the work of Kaleidoscope, an organisation devoted to the preservation of archive television....
- 2014
Les 60 ans de la télévision régionale (2014)
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- 2016
Television's Opening Night: How the Box Was Born (2016)
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TV presenter Dallas Campbell, engineer Professor Danielle George and engineer Dr Hugh Hunt re-create the opening of the BBC's television service on 2 November 1936. This involves building the mechanical flying-spot cameras that were used by Baird's s...
- 1958
Pět let televise (1958)
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- 2020
La saga des feuilletons et des séries (2020)
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- 2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007)
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A retrospective of "Saturday Night Live" during the 1990's. Includes interviews with the cast and crew as well as hosts. Features memorable sketches and behind the scenes dynamics....
- 1954
Salute to A.P. (1954)
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A BBC Television film recalling the part Alexandra Palace has played in British television between 1935 and 1954. It shows the erection of the first transmitter, the building of 'A' and 'B' studios, and introduces scenes and excerpts from early telev...
- 1956
The Story Of Television (1956)
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Shows efforts of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in the creation, development and introduction of the all-electronic TV system; explains how science made television a working reality....
- 2022
L'Île-de-France, berceau de la télévision (2022)
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In 1942, television was born in Paris, rue Cognacq-Jay. Today, around 60% of programs are filmed in Plaine-Saint-Denis. Baptiste Morel receives various guests to return to this story....
- 2006
Don't Touch That Dial (2006)
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A history of the early days of Nebraska television. Stories include the competition to get the first station and later the first color programs on the air in Omaha, the colorful early on-air personalities including Johnny Carson and Tom Brokaw, the t...
- 2017
Televise, která měla nebýt (2017)
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- 2010
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again (2010)
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Documentary looking back at the history of Saturday Night Live, focusing on the years 2000-2009....