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Post by Paul Vanezis on Dec 2, 2007 11:11:05 GMT
Hello all.
A couple of shameless plugs but with archive TV in mind.
Today, BBC4 at 8.30pm 'Sputnik's Children'. It's a Sky at Night special with lots of early archive which may or may not interest you.
Later, in the early hours of Monday morning:
12.45am - 'The Last Man on the Moon'. This is a normal 'Sky at Night' programme featuring a recent interview with Gene Cernan and lots of archive of the early space missons, Mercury, Gemini 4 & 9 and Apollo 10 & 17.
Although some of the live lunar and translunar footage has been sourced from Nasa's copies (which are kinescopes) some have come directly from the BBC's video masters and are untainted.
If though anyone has any recordings of the BBC's Apollo 17 coverage I would like to know; the BBC only kept three tapes. One is a very good highlights package with Burke, Moore, Gene Schumacher and David Scott, one is just a direct recording of Ron Evans spacewalk and the last one is a direct recording of Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt repairing the LRV's broken fender but with commentary from James Burke. It was an inject into the 'Tonight' programme.
A 30 minute version of 'The Last Man on the Moon' will be screened tomorrow at 7.30pm on BBC4 and is well worth a watch.
Cheers,
Paul
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Post by Colin Anderton on May 7, 2008 10:56:56 GMT
"If though anyone has any recordings of the BBC's Apollo 17 coverage I would like to know"
I have audio coverage of all the BBC transmissions of Apollo 17 - nearly all of Apollo 16, as well (also BBC news reports). I taped them on ΒΌ" tape at the time. I continued the following years with the Skylab reports, and the coverage of the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz flight.
Colin.
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Post by eric lawton on May 7, 2008 11:38:52 GMT
Ive also got a detailed audio news report about the Space missions, from Radio 1, halfway through one of my PICK OF THE POPS shows. Cant remember which one, it was one from 1969, probably APOLLO 10. Dont know if its any use to Anyone, if it is, let me know, and Ill try and dig it out. Ages since I last heard it.
Eric.
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Post by Greg H on May 7, 2008 15:15:44 GMT
A freindly word of warning mate, keep your original recordings, as digital transfers can become unstable and corupted with time. just in case you didnt know!
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Post by Colin Anderton on May 7, 2008 15:33:10 GMT
Cheers, GH. I would advise that as well. Mind you, all my recordings have been saved not as DVDs, but Digital Video files. You can only get about 20 minutes on a disc, but it's by far the best way to store masters.
For those that may not know, DVDs are fine as an end product - but should never be used for mastering.
Colin.
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Post by Andy Howells on May 8, 2008 14:39:40 GMT
Fascinating stuff, I saw some Apollo footage used to good effect on "That was The week We Watched" a few years back which was a nice little series on BBC2, a pleasant reminder of simpler times when such news items were given great prominence!
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Post by Colin Anderton on May 9, 2008 6:32:17 GMT
I'll second that! I'm sure we all notice how these days, science is given the bottom spot on the news. After all, celebrity gossip is what they consider important today!
As always, I recorded the programme you mention, Andy. There were some tantalising glimpses of the Apollo 13 coverage (colour video) of the critical lunar module burn in the early hours of April 15 1970. I've got the whole coverage - but audio only, unfortunately.
I wonder if the BBC still have the complete programme?
Colin.
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Post by Andrew Martin on May 9, 2008 14:27:44 GMT
I'll second that! I'm sure we all notice how these days, science is given the bottom spot on the news. After all, celebrity gossip is what they consider important today! As always, I recorded the programme you mention, Andy. There were some tantalising glimpses of the Apollo 13 coverage (colour video) of the critical lunar module burn in the early hours of April 15 1970. I've got the whole coverage - but audio only, unfortunately. I wonder if the BBC still have the complete programme? Colin. The BBC does indeed hold a tape described as "Burn PasB" for the 15th of April, so probably the programme you describe. |
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Post by Andy Howells on May 9, 2008 15:19:20 GMT
After all, celebrity gossip is what they consider important today! Indeed! But its certainly not as exciting as the commentaries from the likes of Patrick Moore and James Burke, you really felt you were privileged to history in the making. Would be fascinating to see some of these again, nostalgic for me but historical for the likes of my young children (one who seems to be showing a keen interest in rockets and aviation at the moment). |
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Post by Colin Anderton on May 10, 2008 8:56:52 GMT
As I remember it, the BBC Apollo 13 splashdown coverage included a few shots of James Burke and Patrick Moore in the studio (I'll never forget James Burke sitting there intently watching the incoming satellite pictures with his fingers tightly crossed!), and these exist as a b/w tele-recording.
But mostly the incoming pictures would have been what was on screen most of the time, and as I have the audio from the BBC, I'm going to synchronise the colour video with the BBC audio. Should be good.
I plan to do this for several of the Apollo flights.
Colin.
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Post by Andy Howells on May 10, 2008 14:59:05 GMT
Sounds Cool Colin! Good luck and hope to see the results!
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Post by Colin Anderton on May 10, 2008 15:24:14 GMT
Andy (and anyone else interested) - as long as you're in Britain, I'd be happy to send you a disc of some of the results. But can't do NTSC, for anyone in U.S. etc. (Although I can convert from NTSC to PAL).
I've almost finished the MARATHON task of transferring everything to disc, and as soon as that's done (within a few weeks) I'll be working on some of these space files.
I'm not sure if my email is working properly at the moment, but if anyone wants to drop me a line on colin.anderton@hotmail.co.uk if they'd like to receive a disc, I'll let you know if I get it.
Colin.
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