An unsold sitcom pilot from 1950. Starring Joan Davis. Note: this is a re-upload. I'm hoping this version has improved picture quality, but make no mistake, the picture quality is still very poor.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1950, 1950s, Unsold TV Pilot, Unaired pilot
A classic CBS closing logo.Â
Topics: Classic ident, Television, CBS
The classic NBC "Laramie Peacock" from the 1960s.
Topics: Classic ident, 1960s, NBC, Television
A 1951 BBC one-off documentary about sculptor Henry Moore. This aired 30 April 1951 at 8:25PM. It was preceded on the schedule by "The BBC Television Newsreel", and followed by a completely lost series called "What's Your Story?". For those interested in early British television, see also: 1938: off-air footage: https://archive.org/details/BbcTelevisionReceivedInNewYork-1938 1947: "Variety in Sepia" fragment: https://archive.org/details/VarietyInSepia 1951:...
Topics: Classic TV, Television, Documentary, 1951, 1950s, British television, Early television
A selection of promos and other material taped off Fox Classics, an Australian cable channel. Contents include: Promo for "Battle Stations" on the History Channel Promo for "The Grinch" on Showtime Promo for "Crossing Over with John Edward" on Arena Promo for tonight's viewing on Foxtel [which is how I determined the date for this video. Wollongong won 119-93] Foxtel ident Fox Classics ident Ratings classification Promo for "Sgt. Bilko" on Fox Classics...
Topics: Classic TV Commercials, Foxtel, VHS, 2002, 2000s, Australian television
A 1969 production slate for Granada, a British commercial television station which is part of the ITV network. Note: I have no idea as to the copyright status of this footage.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1969, 1960s, Granada Television, ITV, British television, Behind the scenes
A 1969 production slate for Thames, a British commercial television station which broadcast from 1968 to 1992. Note: I have no idea as to the copyright status of this footage.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1969, 1960s, Behind the scenes, British television, Thames Television, ITV
A 1969 production slate for Thames, a British commercial television station which broadcast from 1968 to 1992. One of the voices during the slate is of actor Sid James. Note: I have no idea as to the copyright status of this footage.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1969, 1960s, Behind the scenes, British television, Thames Television, ITV,...
A 1969 production slate for Thames, a British commercial television station which broadcast from 1968 to 1992. Note: I have no idea as to the copyright status of this footage.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1969, 1960s, Behind the scenes, British television, Thames Television, ITV
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Theatrical trailer for the 1926 film serial "The Silent Flyer", starring canine actor Silver Streak. Although this trailer exists, the film itself is lost. Despite being a lost film, 12 people have rated it on IMDb...
Topics: Film trailer, Silent film, Lost film, Partially lost film, Cinema, Trailer for a lost film
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A theatrical trailer for the 1928 film "The Patriot". Although this trailer and several other bits of footage exist (including a reel of the film held by an archive), the film itself is lost.Â
Topics: Film trailer, Lost film, Partially lost film, Cinema, Trailer for a lost film
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Theatrical trailer for the 1926 silent film "The Great Gatsby". Although this trailer exists, the film itself is lost.Â
Topics: Film trailer, Silent film, Lost film, Partially lost film, Cinema, 1920s, 1926, Trailer for a lost...
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Theatrical trailer for the 1926 silent film "The American Venus". Although this trailer still exists, the film itself is lost.Â
Topics: Film trailer, Silent film, Lost film, Partially lost film, Cinema, 1920s, 1926, Trailer for a lost...
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Theatrical trailer for the 1923 silent film serial "In the Days of Daniel Boone". Although this trailer still exists, the film itself is lost.Â
Topics: Film trailer, Silent film, Lost film, Partially lost film, Cinema, Trailer for a lost film
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A theatrical trailer for the 1928 silent film "Beau Sabreur". Although this trailer still exists, the film itself is lost.Â
Topics: Film trailer, Silent film, Lost film, Partially lost film, Cinema, Trailer for a lost film
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A lighthearted 1961 British documentary about Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Pakistan. Produced by British Movietone for the Central Office of Information.Â
Topics: Short film, Documentary, 1961, 1960s, Travelogue, Central Office of Information, Prince Philip,...
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A 1949 British documentary concerning post-war Britain. It features the voices of four men describing the past, present and future of Britain. Produced by Wessex Films for the Central Office of Information.Â
Topics: Short film, Government film, 1949, 1940s, Central Office of Information
A mid-1960s ident (logo) for the ABC Television Network. This appeared on B&W prints of some shows.Â
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Topics: Classic ident, 1960s, Television
A very brief ident (logo) for the ABC Television Network. Yeah. Not sure if I should have uploaded this....the episode it comes from ("Kris and the Queen") has already been uploaded....but maybe someone might enjoy this closing logo? Hey, uploading stuff is an addiction to me, I can't help it.....
Topics: Classic ident, 1960s, Television
A 1957 BBC documentary featuring a wide variety of things occurring at night (a faith healing meeting, teenagers dancing, a Black man looking for a place to live, a wrestling match, a hospital, among countless others). Directed by Denis Mitchell.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1957, 1950s, Documentary, British television
A vintage ident (logo) for ABC, a British television station which existed from 1956 to 1968, and which was part of the ITV network (and which has no connection to the American and Australian networks called ABC). How is this different to the other ABC ident uploaded? The jingle is slightly different. Same melody, but different "tone".
Topics: Classic ident, 1960s, ITV, British television
A 1968 ident (logo) used by Thames Television, a British commercial television station which existed from 1968 to 1992, and which was part of the ITV network. The company continued afterwards as a production company.Â
Topics: Classic ident, 1968, 1960s, British television, ITV
A 1968 ident for Thames Television, a commercial station which existed in London from 1968 to 1992, and which was part of the ITV network. The company continued afterwards as a production company.Â
Topics: Classic ident, British television, ITV, 1968, 1960s
A 1965 sponsor tag for Pepto-Bismol. Â
Topics: Classic TV Commercial, Sponsor tag, 1965, 1960s, Advertisement
A selection of promos and other material taped off the Australian versions of Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network during 2000. For those who are interested, while making this recording I was taping the episode "Blackmail" of the series "Radio Active" on Nickelodeon. I was 10 years old at the time, and I guess I got bored while waiting for the episode to start, hence the channel surfing.... Contents include: Partial promo for "Catdog" [Channel switches to Cartoon...
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Topics: Classic TV Commercials, Foxtel, VHS, 2000, 2000s, Australian television
A 1966 sponsor tag for Clairol.Â
Topics: Classic TV Commercial, Advertisement, 1966, 1960s, Sponsor tag, Clairol
A selection of promos and other material taped off the Australian version of the History channel. For those who are interested, this was taped during a showing of the episode "Jeep" of the series "Automobiles". Contents includes: Promo for "Nancy Wake - The White Mouse" History Channel ident Promo for "Biography - Gladys Knight" Promo for tonight's viewing on Foxtel cable channels [which is how I determined the date for this video. Wollongong won that...
Topics: Classic TV Commercials, Promos, Foxtel, Australian television, 2003, 2000s
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A 1962 British documentary about Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Sierra Leone. Lighthearted. Produced by British Pathe News for the Central Office of Information.Â
Topics: Short film, Travelogue, Documentary, Government film, 1962, 1960s, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince...
A short segment from the 1 November 1957 episode of the BBC TV series "Tonight", a magazine type series. In this clip, "Song of the Valley" sung by Dorothy Squires is heard, while the visuals show a man being taken to prison. Lovely footage of an industrial area in Yorkshire. Note: I only have this clip. The complete episode no longer exists, this sequence is all that survives. As far as I know many fragments exist from "Tonight", but I don't know if any complete...
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1957, 1950s, British television, Film insert
A 1975 documentary looking back on the Apollo moon missions. Narrated by Burgess Meredith. Produced by Image Associates for NASA. Not strictly a TV documentary, but uploaded it to the classic TV section anyway. It did get shown on TV though, on both commercial and non-commercial stations (per a search of vintage TV schedules).Â
Topics: Short film, NASA, Space Race, 1960s, 1970s, Documentary, Project Apollo, Burgess Meredith
A 1960s ident (logo) for Associated Television (ATV), a British television station which was part of the ITV network. ATV broadcast in London starting in 1955 and broadcast in the Midlands starting in 1956, but from 1968 broadcast in the Midlands only. The BFI has a good article explaining the history of the station and how they got replaced with/turned into Central Television: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/459509/index.html
Topics: Classic ident, 1960s, ITV, British television
A selection of promos and other material taped off the Australian version of Nickelodeon. For those who are interested, this was taped during the episode "First Dates" of the series "Sister, Sister"....just one of many non-Nickelodeon series to be shown on the channel in Australia. Possibly taped 26 October 2000. Contents include: Promo for "Spongebob Squarepants" Nickelodeon Bumper Nickelodeon Bumper Promo for "The Angry Beavers" Advertisement for...
Topics: Classic TV Commercials, Foxtel, VHS, 2000, 2000s, Australian television
Episode 724 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. This episode features an interracial kiss, several years before "Star Trek" did the same. Actually, it features two such kisses. The first occurs at 19:29, the second occurs at 20:38. This caused considerable controversy at the time. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost. Picture quality of the streaming version isn't...
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1964, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
A 1965 promo for "The FBI". Poor picture quality.Â
Topics: Classic TV Commercial, 1965, 1960s, Promo, Sponsor tag
A selection of promos and other material taped off the Australian version of Nickelodeon during 2000. For those who are interested, this was taped during the episode "The Ticket" of "Radio Active". Possibly taped 26 October 2000. Contents include: Nickelodeon bumper Promo for "Animorphs" Advertisement for "Moby Nick" PSA for playing sport Advertisement for Nickelodeon's "Online Treehouse" Promo for repeats of "Gas" Nickelodeon...
Topics: Classic TV Commercials, Foxtel, VHS, 2000, 2000s, Australian television
A 1965 sponsor tag for Vanquish headache pain killer.
Topics: Classic TV Commercial, Sponsor tag, 1965, 1960s, Advertisement
A selection of promos and other material taped off the Australian version of Nickelodeon during 2000. Taped during the episode "Cheater, Cheater" of "Sister, Sister". Possibly taped 2 November 2000. Coming up next: "Sister, Sister" and "Radio Active" Promo for "The Worst Witch" Opening moments of an interstitial (tape cuts out a few seconds into it) Promo for "The Tale of the Silver Sight" episodes of "Are You Afraid of the...
Topics: Classic TV Commercials, Foxtel, VHS, 2000, 2000s, Australian television
A 1965 sponsor tag for the Polaroid Swinger camera. Not sure if I should have uploaded this....the episode it comes from ("Kris and the Queen") has already been uploaded....but maybe someone might enjoy this commercial? Hey, uploading stuff is an addiction to me, I can't help it.....
Topics: Classic TV Commercial, Sponsor tag, 1965, 1960s, Advertisement, Photography
A selection of promos and other material taped off the Australian version of Nickelodeon during 2000. For those are interested, this was taped during epiode "The Poet" of the series "Radio Active". The tape recording was possibly made 9 November 2000. Contents include: Partial promo for Action Man/Rocket Power competition "A Show of Hands" interstitial Promo for "The Adventures of Pete and Pete" and "Kenan and Kel" on Snick Nickelodeon...
Topics: Classic TV Commercials, Foxtel, VHS, 2000, 2000s, Australian television
A 1965 sponsor tag for Diet Delight, a brand of canned fruit. Not sure if I should have uploaded this....the episode it comes from ("Kris and the Queen") has already been uploaded....but maybe someone might enjoy this commercial? Hey, uploading stuff is an addiction to me, I can't help it.....
Topics: Classic TV Commercial, Sponsor tag, Food, Edible, Advertisement, 1965, 1960s
A selection of promos and other material taped off the Australian version of Nickelodeon during 2000. For those who are interested, this was taped during episode "The Secret Admirer" of "Radio Active". The tape recording was possibly made on 2 November 2000. Contents include: Partial promo for Action Man/Rocket Power competition "Spider and Fly" interstitial Promo for "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" Nickelodeon bumper Promo for "Angela...
Topics: Classic TV Commercials, Foxtel, VHS, 2000, 2000s, Australian television
Episode 716 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost. This is a "telerecording", the British version of a kinescope. For those which are interested, this aired at 7:30PM on a Friday. It aired against "The Dick Van Dyke Show" on BBC1 and "Arrest and Trial" on BBC2, both of them U.S. series.Â
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Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1964, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 715 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost. This is a "telerecording", the British version of a kinescope. For those which are interested, this aired on a Tuesday at 7:30PM. It aired against soap opera "Compact" on BBC1 and an educational series about mathematics on BBC2.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1964, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 714 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost. This is a "telerecording", the British version of a kinescope. For those who are interested, this aired at 7:30PM on a Friday. It aired against "The Dick Van Dyke Show" on BBC1 and "Story Parade" on BBC2.
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1964, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
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A 1963 short comedy film about the history of amateur photography....which, of course, leads to a plug for the Kodak Instamatic cameras. Starring Buster Keaton, who provides some laughs. A Kodak Informational Film.Â
Topics: Short film, Corporate film, Comedy, Buster Keaton, 1963, 1960s, Kodak, Photography
Episode 712 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost. Note: Chips Rafferty is guest star in this episode. For those who are interested, this aired at 7:30PM on a Friday. It aired against "The Dick Van Dyke Show" on BBC1, and an anthology series called "Story Parade" on BBC2. This is a "telerecording", the British version of...
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1964, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 709 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost. Chips Rafferty is the guest star in this episode. This is a "telerecording", the British version of a kinescope. For those who are interested, this aired at 7:30PM on a Tuesday. It aired against soap opera "Compact" on BBC1 and an educational program about mathematics on BBC2.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1964, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 421 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 420 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 419 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 418 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 417 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 416 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
A corporate film shown at a meeting of DeSoto automobile dealers in 1952. Features a behind the scenes look at the making of "You Bet Your Life", a TV series that DeSoto sponsored. Groucho Marx appears in this film, and provides some laughs.Â
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Topics: Short film, Industrial film, 1952, 1950s, You Bet Your Life, Groucho Marx, Comedy
Episode 414 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
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Incomplete, untitled corporate film for Muriel cigars filmed in 1965, featuring popular TV popularity Edie Adams on a promotional visit to Memphis. A bit of footage shot in Italy is also included. Browse the internet archive and you'll find some of her commercials for the brand.Â
Topics: Short film, Industrial film, 1965, 1960s, Tobacco industry, Edie Adams
A 1960s ident (logo) for Granada Television, a British station founded in 1956, and which is part of the ITV network.Â
Topics: Classic ident, 1960s, British television, ITV
Unused footage from the production of a 1960s commercial for Shamrock Oil. Starring Buster Keaton. No sound (the commercial was shot without sound, with music being added afterwards) For the finished commercial, see here: https://archive.org/details/ShamrockOil
Topics: Classic TV Commercial, Outtakes, 1960s, Buster Keaton, Advertising
A 1960s ident (logo) for Associated Television (ATV), a British television station which was part of the ITV network. ATV broadcast in London starting in 1955 and broadcast in the Midlands starting in 1956, but from 1968 broadcast in the Midlands only. The BFI has a good article explaining the history of the station and how they got replaced with/turned into Central Television: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/459509/index.html
Topics: Classic ident, 1960s, British television, ITV
A 1960s ident (logo) for ABC, a British television station which existed from 1956 to 1968, and which was part of the ITV network (and which has no connection to the American and Australian networks called ABC). Sadly, most of their programming archive was destroyed.Â
Topics: Classic ident, British television, 1960s, ITV
A selection of promos and other material taped off the Australian version of the Discovery Channel during 1999. I don't know the exact date, but I know the year based on the promo that mentions "Eco-Challenge Argentina" as something to be produced later that year (that program was taped in 1999 for broadcast in 2000) For those who are interested, this was taped during an episode of "Super Structures" called "Skyscrapers". Contents include: Final moments of...
Topics: Classic TV Commercials, Promos, VHS, Foxtel, 1999, 1990s, Australian television
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A British cinema advertisement for Rudge bicycles. No sound.
Topics: Classic commercial, Advertisement, Advertising, Bicycle
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A British cinema advertisement for Rudge bicycles. No sound.
Topics: Classic commercial, Advertisement, Advertising, Bicycle
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A British cinema advertisement for Humber bicycles. No sound.Â
Topics: Classic commercial, Advertisement, Advertising, Bicycle
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A British cinema advertisement for Humber bicycles. No sound.Â
Topics: Classic commercial, Advertisement, Advertising, Bicycle
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A British cinema advertisement for Raleigh bicycles. No sound.Â
Topics: Classic commercial, Advertisement, Advertising, Bicycle
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A British cinema advertisement for Raleigh bicycles. No sound.Â
Topics: Classic commercial, Advertisement, Advertising, Bicycle
Episode 412 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 411 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
A 1950s/1960s ident (logo) for Associated Television (ATV), a British television station which was part of the ITV network ATV broadcast in London starting in 1955 and broadcast in the Midlands starting in 1956, but from 1968 broadcast in the Midlands only. The BFI has a good article explaining the history of the station and how they got replaced with/turned into Central Television: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/459509/index.html
Topics: Classic ident, 1950s, 1960s, British television, ITV
Unedited footage shot for use in a promo for the 1957-1967 British TV series "Emergency Ward 10", which aired on the ITV network. I do not know if the finished promo still exists, or if this production footage is all that still exists.Â
Topics: Classic TV Commercial, Promo, British television, ITV, Emergency Ward 10, Behind the scenes
A promo for ''Emergency Ward 10'', a British television series which aired from 1957 to 1967 on the ITV network. I might be mistaken, but I believe this promo was made to promote the series in Australia (it was announced in mid-1964 newspapers that the series would start being shown there).Â
Topics: Classic TV Commercial, Promo, 1964, 1960s, Emergency Ward 10, ITV, British television
A promo for the 1957-1967 British television series "Emergency Ward 10". I might be mistaken, but I believe this promo was produced in 1964 to promote the series in Australia (it was announced in mid-1964 newspapers that the series would start being shown there).Â
Topics: Classic TV Commercial, Promo, 1960s, British television, ITV, Emergency Ward 10
A promo for the 1957-1967 British television series "Emergency Ward 10". I believe this promo is from the mid-1960s, and was produced to promote the series in Australia (it was announced in mid-1964 newspapers that the series would start being shown there). This promo features a TV camera used by ATV, the station which produced this series.Â
Topics: Classic TV Commercial, 1960s, Promo, Emergency Ward 10, British television, ITV, Behind the scenes
A promo for 1957-1967 British television series "Emergency Ward 10". I believe this promo was produced to promote the series in Australia (it was announced in mid-1964 newspapers that the series would start being shown there). The storylines mentioned were during July/August 1964.Â
Topics: Classic TV Commercial, 1960s, Promo, ITV, British television, Emergency Ward 10
A promo for the 1957-1967 British TV series "Emergency Ward 10". This promo features Australian actor Chips Rafferty, who appeared in several episodes in 1964. I presume this promo was produced for airing on Australian television (it was announced in mid-1964 newspapers that the series would start being shown there).Â
Topics: Classic TV Commercial, Promo, 1964, 1960s, Emergency Ward 10, ITV, British television, Chips...
Episode 410 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
A 1973 documentary about the Apollo 17 mission to the moon during December 1972. Produced by A-V Corporation for NASA. The film was distributed both as an ephemeral film (shown to an audience via a 16mm film projector), and was also shown on TV (and was shown on both public and commercial stations per a search of vintage newspapers).Â
Topics: Short film, Documentary, Apollo 17, NASA, Fun, 1970s, 1972, 1973
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A 1957 British propaganda film which tries to put a positive spin on the Suez crisis. Produced by British Movietone for the Central Office of Information. Note: I believe this film, "as a whole", is public domain, however the footage used in it is still copyrighted.Â
Topics: Short film, 1957, 1950s, Suez Crisis, Central Office of Information, Government film
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A 1961 British short documentary about Queen Elizabeth II's children. Produced by Associated British-Pathe for the Central Office of Information. Note: I believe this documentary, "as a whole", is in the public domain, but the footage contained in it is still copyrighted.Â
Topics: Short film, Government film, Documentary, Central Office of Information, Monarchy, Prince Charles,...
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A 1945 documentary presenting a tour of pubs around England. Produced by Public Relationship Films for the British Army. Directed by Richard Massingham, whose filmography consists almost exclusively of ephemeral films.Â
Topics: Short film, Government film, 1945, 1940s, World War Two, Documentary, Pub, Public house, Richard...
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A 1957 British documentary showing Princess Margaret on tour. Produced for the Central Office of Information.Â
Topics: Short film, 1957, 1950s, Princess Margaret, Central Office of Information, Documentary, Monarchy
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A 1965 British documentary featuring mid-century design. Produced for the Associated British-Pathé for the Central Office of Information.Â
Topics: Short film, 1965, 1960s, Documentary, Government film, Central Office of Information, Mid-century
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A 1953 British documentary about Queen Elizabeth II. Produced by British Movietone for the Central Office of Information. Note: I believe this documentary, "as a whole", is in the public domain, but that the footage contained in it is still copyrighted.
Topics: Short film, Documentary, 1953, 1950s, Queen Elizabeth II, Central Office of Information, Monarchy
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A 1941 British short film produced for the Ministry of Information. The film advises people to avoid using public transport during rush hour, so that war workers can use it instead.Â
Topics: Government film, Short film, 1941, 1940s, World War Two, Ministry of Information
Episode 409 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 408 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 406 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
A 1968 production slate from Granada, a British commercial television station founded in 1956. Note: I have no idea as to the copyright status of this footage. I'd advise against using it in projects.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1968, 1960s, Granada Television, ITV, British television, Behind the scenes
Episode 405 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1961, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 402 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1960, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
A 1960 production slate, as used by ABC, a British commercial station which existed from 1956 to 1968, and which has no connection to the American and Australian networks with the same initials. Note: I have no idea as to the copyright status of this footage...
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960, 1960s, Behind the scenes, ABC Weekend Television, British television
A 1960 production slate, as used by ABC, a British commercial station which existed from 1956 to 1968, and which has no connection to the American and Australian networks with the same initials. This is a VTR slate, but as you can see, the surviving copy is a kinescope (known as a telerecording in the UK). Note: I have no idea as to the copyright status of this footage.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960, 1960s, Behind the scenes, ABC Weekend Television, British television,...
Episode 401 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1960, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 400 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1960, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
Episode 399 of the popular twice-weekly prime-time British soap opera, which was produced by station ATV and aired on the ITV network. Unfortunately, most episodes of this series are lost.Â
Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 1960, British television, Drama, Soap opera, Emergency Ward 10,...
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A 1968 British short film showing the "unit beat" form of policing. This film was created, unless I'm mistaken, to be shown to new police officers as part of their training. Produced by Element Films for the Central Office of Information.Â
Topics: Short film, 1968, 1960s, Police, Policeman, Government film, Training film, Central Office of...
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A 1959 British documentary about the work of policemen. Produced by RHR Productions for the Central Office of Information. Note: although the people in films like this were often actors, the policeman in this film was a real policeman, and his son, who is seen briefly in this film, also grew up to be a policeman.Â
Topics: Short film, Government film, 1959, 1950s, Police, Policeman, Central Office of Information
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A 1963 documentary about the visit of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan to Britain. Produced by British Pathe for the Central Office of Information.Â
Topics: Short film, Documentary, 1963, 1960s, Government film, Central Office of Information
An unsold TV pilot about a baseball player, filmed in the late-1950s but first shown 1965 as part of "Vacation Playhouse" (a summer replacement series of unsold pilots. Several such series were done in the 1960s). Starring Martin Milner. Other cast members include David Thursby, Gil Stratton, Jr., and Stuart Whitman. Produced by Ziv Television.
Topics: Classic TV, Television, Baseball, Sports, Martin Milner, Unsold TV Pilot
