| LONDON CALLING Radio Broadcast of Cinema Sing | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 6715 | |
| Catalog #: | 372549 | |
| Clip Number: | 372549-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 49 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:11 - 01:03:01 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/RADIO: Technology LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | LONDON CALLING Good footage of a remote radio broadcast of a sing-along at a cinema in London, England, 1920s. Great film showing how radio broadcasts are recorded and transmitted. Opens w/ wide shot looking over buildings toward " 2 L.O." radio building w/ transmitter towers on top. Closer shot panning down metal tower. Interior bldg., MS engineer replacing cube shaped frame containing glass vaccuum tube. MLS 2 engineers checking meters, looking over rows of these glowing glass tubes, etc. MCU 3 engineers hook up wires for the remote broadcast. Interior cinema : Very good shot from behind curtain as it opens to reveal large audience, filling entire screen. Closer shot: orchestra conductor & 2 violin players in FG, audience behind. Shot of what appears on the movie screen: words to the song "Three Blind Mice"; instead of a bouncing ball to follow, there is clever animation- -mice appearing from under boxes, mice riding on airship, some of the words growing or changing shape into pictures. Shot looking down across audience; in these shots of the crowd it is apparent that only half at most are actually singing; the rest look bored or embarassed. Shot w/ conductor in FG, also in the orchestra pit is a radio engineer w/ headphones bending over machine; audience behind. MS 2 French horn players. MS musicians playing trumpet and trombone. CU octagonal-shaped microphone. CU amplifiers. CU engineer adjusting dial. MCU engineer back in 2LO HQ, looking at one of the tubes. Shot looking up at tower. Cinema audience clapping. | |
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