Another great contribution. It is amazing how old and at the same time how recent this piece of political and broadcasting history seems to be. Well done!! Waiting for more!!
BBC Parliament didn't "cut" the Alf Garnett bit; it isn't on the master tape. It was thought lost for many years but was found (with the start missing) a few years back in very poor quality black and white. You're not missing much - it is very laboured (no pun intended).
Love the way the VT machines off-lock (is that the correct term?) every time the source is switched between remote feeds - you get the feeling here, the BBC was pushing the limits of the technology available to them in 1970. Each switchover, the engineers were probably praying "pleeeeeease, don't fall over"!
The 1974 crisis was caused by oil prices & rampant trades union power. You can thank Wilson & Callaghan for the latter, after they put the kibosh on 'In Place of Strife'. As for 1979, you'll notice that 13 million re-elected Thatcher four years later, and 13.7 million voted her back in AGAIN four years after that. I'm guessing they didn't regret that 1979 result quite so much after all...
And if you want to talk about a crisis, talk about the winter of discontent under Callaghan when rubbish filled the streets and people had to work 3 days a week. Wilson also had to go to the IMF to beg for money because Britain went bankrupt. Hardly a time people reminisce.
Of the post war British general elections the British people would probably want to change this result and the one in 1979. Ted Heath's government was pretty hopeless from start to finish. When he was voted out in 1974 the country was in a complete crisis. I'm no fan of Harold Wilson but he was better than Heath and his chancellor Roy Jenkins was a competent one.
@gopconservative78 In an interview during coverage of the 97 election Heath was asked was he a Red Tory and he said he was. The postwar consensus didn't collapse until the oil crisis,energy crisis and the winter of discontent took place. Any two would have allowed a less extreme right winger to take power but it needed all 3 for Thatcher to take power. Like the collapse of the Liberal Party a big political change can only happen if a party gets a number of the biggest issues in quick succession
Hello from the future. Shostakovich, 10th Symphony. Recording likely mid/late 1950s, possibly Karel Ančerl. Far too fast to be much later than that when the likes of Karajan brought the tempo down a bit.
Another great contribution. It is amazing how old and at the same time how recent this piece of political and broadcasting history seems to be. Well done!! Waiting for more!!
LONDON DISCOTHEQUE. I can't help but smile every time he says that.
David Dimbleby...how much the legend has changed. :)
Pretty Nice use of Technolgy for a 1970 Newscast. BBC did a fine job that year with the coverage.
BBC Parliament didn't "cut" the Alf Garnett bit; it isn't on the master tape. It was thought lost for many years but was found (with the start missing) a few years back in very poor quality black and white. You're not missing much - it is very laboured (no pun intended).
Love the way the VT machines off-lock (is that the correct term?) every time the source is switched between remote feeds - you get the feeling here, the BBC was pushing the limits of the technology available to them in 1970. Each switchover, the engineers were probably praying "pleeeeeease, don't fall over"!
Wasn't this the first British national election night to be broadcast in colo(u)r??
@swanarcadian 10:04 pm, actually so strictly speaking closer to 10:00. However, your point still stands: later than today and better for it!
The 1974 crisis was caused by oil prices & rampant trades union power. You can thank Wilson & Callaghan for the latter, after they put the kibosh on 'In Place of Strife'.
As for 1979, you'll notice that 13 million re-elected Thatcher four years later, and 13.7 million voted her back in AGAIN four years after that. I'm guessing they didn't regret that 1979 result quite so much after all...
what happened to Alf Garnett?, that would have been interesting to see
Are you ever going to put up more of this election.
And if you want to talk about a crisis, talk about the winter of discontent under Callaghan when rubbish filled the streets and people had to work 3 days a week. Wilson also had to go to the IMF to beg for money because Britain went bankrupt. Hardly a time people reminisce.
Of the post war British general elections the British people would probably want to change this result and the one in 1979. Ted Heath's government was pretty hopeless from start to finish. When he was voted out in 1974 the country was in a complete crisis. I'm no fan of Harold Wilson but he was better than Heath and his chancellor Roy Jenkins was a competent one.
@Myndir 10:00 exactly, actually.
I like at 7.15 when the reporter loses interest in talking to the guy halfway through and gives up.
@jmsynge I agree. So partonising. They couldn't get away with that now.
@gopconservative78
In an interview during coverage of the 97 election Heath was asked was he a Red Tory and he said he was. The postwar consensus didn't collapse until the oil crisis,energy crisis and the winter of discontent took place. Any two would have allowed a less extreme right winger to take power but it needed all 3 for Thatcher to take power. Like the collapse of the Liberal Party a big political change can only happen if a party gets a number of the biggest issues in quick succession
What is the song at 11:10?
Hello from the future. Shostakovich, 10th Symphony. Recording likely mid/late 1950s, possibly Karel Ančerl. Far too fast to be much later than that when the likes of Karajan brought the tempo down a bit.
@gopconservative78
How?!
Your menu switching has made this a pointless watch.
@SiorafasNaCillini
biggest issues wrong