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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Dec 3, 2012 21:11:39 GMT
Just for the record. Although there is information about the John Cura telesnaps in my book, I have been unable to include the actual photos, as they are held in private hands.
It does however show that Cura telesnapped more than just drama series and did Light Entertainment/Music programmes as well.
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Dec 3, 2012 17:04:53 GMT
John Cura certainly took telesnaps of "A Song For Europe" in 1963 and 1964, and a handful of these are known still to exist in private hands. Records show that he telesnapped "A Song For Europe" 1965 - but it is not known if any of these survive. This information comes from my book "Songs For Europe - The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest - Volume One The 1950s and 1960s" available from www.telos.co.uk. The Eurovision Song Contest 1963 was also telesnapped, (though this programme exists in full at the BBC). The 1966 series "A Song For Everyone" was also telesnapped, and some of these still exist in private hands. "Christmas Night With The Stars" (1967 edition I believe) was also telesnapped (and survives) and I think editions of "The Rolf Harris Show" around this time were also telesnapped.
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Jul 2, 2012 14:44:37 GMT
There you go then...that's that clip successfully dated! I'm no expert on "Opportunity Knocks", so I had thought that Mary Hopkin was one of those artists who had kept winning and come back week after week, but I guess the memory cheats.
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Jul 2, 2012 9:21:45 GMT
The only song (from Top Of The Pops?) that it can possibly be is "Turn Turn" which is played on audio over the above film as described. (The second time it is heard is when Hughie Green plays an audio cassette of Mary Hopkin singing the same song is from her audition for "Opportunity Knocks"). It is almost impossible to date the "Opportunity Knocks" clip, but from the words Hughie Green uses, I would guess it was from her very first appearance on the show, ie there is no reference to her as a previous winner, and he has to tell the audience how to spell her name if they wanted to vote for her. If this had been one of her subsequent appearances on the show, then I would imagine he wouldn't need to mention that??
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Jun 28, 2012 18:21:45 GMT
'Turn Turn' is initially played on audio over film of Mary Hopkin walking her dog. The second time it is heard it is Hughie Green literally pressing the play button on an audio cassette recording of her singing 'Turn Turn' and to be honest not a great quality recording of it...but was used to demonstrate the quality of Mary Hopkin's voice.
There is also a very brief extract of Mary Hopkin bowing and acknowledging applause on 'Opportunity Knocks' before a shot of Hughie Green reminding viewers on the correct spelling of Mary Hopkin if they wanted to vote for her.
Hope that information helps?
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Jun 11, 2012 10:13:03 GMT
The Dalek footage is being used as a special feature on the DVD release of 'Death to the Daleks'. According to DWM this is because it's the last remaining Dalek story to go to DVD. The footage to be included on the 'Death To The Daleks' DVD is from the 'Dr Who & The Daleks' film. The recently discovered footage from 'Daleks Invasion Earth 2150AD' from 'A Whole Scene Going' has only just been returned to the BBC (at the Kaleidoscope event on 9th June) and won't be included in the 'Death To The Daleks' DVD which is released next week. Hopefully though it may feature on a future Doctor Who DVD.
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Jun 1, 2012 20:08:43 GMT
Given that there have been several examples over the years of film cans labelled one thing on the outside, and inside having something completely different. I'd be inclined to have gambled...just in case it contained something missing!
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Mar 29, 2012 20:28:04 GMT
Laurence is quite right that no copies of either the first contest in 1956, or the 1964 contest are known to exist in any European archive. Both however exist near complete on audio. Full details of what is known to exist on video/film, audio and telesnaps on both the Song For Europe and Eurovision Song Contest are included in my book! Excuse (yet another) plug for the book... www.telos.me.uk/searchResultItem.php?id=125
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Mar 29, 2012 15:41:26 GMT
The Youtube versions will have come from continental broadcasters. TVE the Spanish broadcaster which hosted the 1969 contest, only broadcast the contest to their own domestic audience in B&W. They had to use colour TV equipment borrowed from Germany to be able to broadcast it internationally in colour over the Eurovision network. TVE is certainly one of the broadcasters who have retained their B&W recording, while Scandinavian broadcasters like Sweden and Norway were generally quite good at retaining the colour feed, and it is usually these versions that are doing the rounds on YT etc. I'm sure some other broadcasters may well have kept either the B&W or Colour feeds. Though the BBC didn't retain their B&W feed.
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Mar 29, 2012 14:59:55 GMT
I see Ray has mentioned my name when it comes to Eurovision...so let's see if I can clarify the situation. The black and white clip shown on the Lulu documentary recently of her performing "Boom Bang-A-Bang" is from Top Of The Pops of 6/3/69 which only exists on a domestic video recording returned from Lulu's own collection, and has been covered in other messageboards (along with editions of the Lulu series from 1969). The Youtube clips of her performing Boom Bang-A-Bang at the Eurovision Song Contest, can be found in either black and white or colour. Not all television stations had colour television in 1969, so they exist in either format. Indeed the BBC only broadcast the 1969 contest in black and white. (Though the BBC hasn't retained their broadcast version). The Youtube clips can be from either of her performance during the contest, or her winning reprise. There were four winners in 1969 and all were reprised, and yes, the programme did overun as a consequence! I'm delighted to announce that there are a series of books coming out soon, which I have written called "Songs For Europe - The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest" and includes many details of what exists in the archives, as well as interviews, voting breakdown etc. The first volume covering the 1950s and 1960s will be available in May from Telos Publishing. www.telos.co.uk/
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Mar 26, 2012 9:47:59 GMT
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Mar 21, 2012 14:06:45 GMT
Certainly in the early 70's (maybe even before that?) the "subjects" were presented with not only the famous red book, including photos from the programme, but also a sound recording of the programme on LP. (Jon Pertwee's TIYL survives on audio taken from his LP).
So, whilst there may be many missing programmes from the series, many will have survived in this LP format (or transferred to other formats). It would be very much a case of getting in touch with the "subjects" or their estates to establish what does or doesn't exist on audio.
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Mar 10, 2012 18:36:49 GMT
I think by the trailer, the seller simply means the "Next Episode: Guests Of Madame Guillotine" caption as illustrated by the frames.
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Jan 6, 2012 17:12:53 GMT
If there is to be a Lost In Time Vol 2, how about including as an extra a feature about John Cura, his background and about how he took the telesnaps etc.
It could include details on the 'discoveries' of some of these photos, with interviews with Directors, Production Unit Managers, Researchers etc and include reconstructions of a few key scenes in Doctor Who history, along with the soundtrack.
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Oct 28, 2011 17:05:46 GMT
Jacqueline Hill did indeed make her one and only appearance at DWASocial 5 in Hammersmith in April 1985. I should know as I was the person who organised the event and had the pleasure of interviewing her onstage, along with Adrienne Hill (also making her only ever appearance at a Convention), Michael Craze and Carole Ann Ford. Somewhere I'm sure I have the whole convention footage on VHS, probably buried at the bottom of some box in the attic. Though Reeltime Pictures should have the footage on higher quality U-Matic (or some other broadcast quality format). Jacqueline was quite determined prior to the convention, and indeed on the morning when I met her that this would be her one and only convention, and did it to an extent to appease her children, (and also to probably to stop DWAS and other repeatedly asking her to appear!) The fact that the convention was in Hammersmith was also quite important, as it was close to where she lived, and she was reassured that Carole Ann was going to be there as well. From my memory no one asked her any banal or silly questions during her on stage appearance and the open Q&A session, but may well have done so during the autograph session, when fans would have had the opportunity for a few brief words. At the end of the day Jacqueline expressed to me how much she had enjoyed the day, and that she would definitely do another convention, (especially if I was organising it) but didn't want to another one 'straight away'. I think like many actors and actresses she was insecure, and was happier when she was dealing with people she had got to know. (Therefore the fact that Carole Ann was also appearing had made her feel more comfortable about attending) and similarly if I was organising the convention then I think she would feel happier about attending. I had the pleasure of chatting to her again a year or so later about the possibility of appearing at either PanoptiCon VII (1986) or Panopticon Eight (1987) (my memory can't be sure which one it was now). Unfortunately the weekend the event was being staged, she was due to be flying back from Vancouver, and would probably be jet lagged, (plus the possibility of flight delays) made it impossible for her to commit to attending the event, and seemed to be genuinely disappointed. I stopped organising DWAS Conventions after PanoptiCon Eight. The job was hard work, as I put in a lot of hours, all voluntary and unpaid. Not long after I left, attitudes changed and Conventions started to be run as a commercial enterprise...but that's another story. I have no idea if Jacqueline was ever asked again or not, or if she was invited whether she declined because she didn't know the people involved at all. I feel very proud that I secured the only convention appearances of people like Jacqueline Hill, Adrienne Hill and several others, as well as Patrick Troughton making his only UK fan appearance and having the honour of interviewing them. I hope this sets the record straight on Jacqueline Hill's appearance, and on what exists on video.
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