British Relay Television By Wire - Early Pay TV and Cable Television in the UK 1960s

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Visit http://www.findaclip.co.uk for more information about this footage. Shot list: Gloucester Cathedral, home of first television relay in the world in 1951. Television aerials for both VHF Bands I and III. Shots of Gas, Electric, Telephone. Microwave transmitter, post office lines. Shots of London, central control room. BBC Lime Grove studios, ATV Hackney Empire, Dials and meters, radio receiving station on the east coast brings in radio from Luxembourg and the rest of Europe. Relays in Sheffield, Ipswich, Leeds, Cambridge, Whitehaven, Crawley and Hemel Hempstead. Shots of place signs, Welcome to Scotland, Gretna, Lockerbie, Ayr, Prestwick, Kilmarnock, Ardrosson, Irvine, Hawick, Galashiels, Selkirk, Dundee. British Relay Cable Stores, Planning Office, repairs and Maintenance, receiver stores, staff recreation room, two men playing darts, Diagram of how cable television relays work, RCA sound equipment, television ampilifiers, Ford Anglia van arrives at a repeater kiosk, man goes in and inspects electrical equipment, dials a code to monitor programmes, oscilloscope, programme fail alarm sounds, man responds to the problem, Men working in electrical laboratory, close-up of cable, images of 625 line televisions and 405 line sets on offer from British Relay, early Colour Television sets and pay television box with a clock and coin slot. 2' Various television station logos, BBC 1 BBC 2 ATV, Closed circuit television in hotels, Hotel signs, The Angus Hotel, The Garrion, New Ambassadors, Aeriel Hotel, Ship Hotel, Waldorf Hotel, London Hilton, Television in schools, relay television being used by a teacher, shots of the pupils at their desks, and close-ups. Teaching at the teacher training college in Dundee using closed circuit cameras, children doing science experiments while student teachers observe remotely, 60s British Relay vans and lorries (Fords and Bedfords) leave the depot. Draughtsman working on plans, signs for borough engineers and surveyor's department, city surveyor, planning and wayleave, Blocks of flats being built, lots of building shots. British Relay Training School C/U Sign, students being taught in the classroom, engineer working on wires in a terminal. Shots of wires and installations on houses, unobtrusive. Contrast between houses with aerials and those with cable television. No damaged chimneys. Shots of the connections inside the house, the realydapter that allows viewing on a normal television set, Hight street and shot of BRW British Relay showroom with traffic passing. British relay man meets a young woman on her doorstep whilst carrying a new television set. Barry King, British Relay's managing director explains the benefits of the service whilst sat behind a desk in an office. Shows the cable and numerous cores used to distribute television and radio services.