BBC AND ITN NEWS 60S and 70s.

[johnstewart]

BBC AND ITN NEWS 60S and 70s.

I'm trying to identify and add to a much needed concise guide to what exists of British news broadcasts for the pre 1979 period.

Chris Chittell (55)
Earliest woman newsreader (56 - 57)
ITN special on Beatniks (Robin Day interviewer)
65 ITN bulletin (NFA) Leonard Parkin
66 Northern Ireland
67 NEWS AT TEN programme 2
69 ITN teatime news - Gordon Honeycombe (VT)
72 - Bloody Sunday

BBC (ELECTRONIC / LIVE BROADCASTS following film - early 50s)
Suez crisis 1957
Robert Dougall - 1960 (studio)
1961 - Yuri Gagarin bulletin opening titles seen on a home TV screen (super 8)
1962
Michael Aspel 1962 (special and news broadcast snippets / inserts)
1963 - Kennedy newsflash
- First woman into space opening titles seen on home TV
1965 - Richard Dimbleby newsflash
1966 - Aberfan disaster - bulletin opening titles and newsreader
1967 - UFOs; Loch Ness Monster photo. (teatime bulletin October 1967).
1967 - Chancellor of the Exchequer
1968 - Michael Aspel (vietnam)
(2 vietnam related editions seen)
1969 - moon landing titles

1971 -72 BBC2 Newsroom (B+W T-R

(link details - clips)
1975 - daytime bulletins (shibaden B+W)
1973 - 9' 0 clock news - petrol rationing (colour VT)
- 9' 0 clock news - 3 day week (Robert Dougall) B+W T-R

1976 - Robert Dougall (colour VT) (teatime bulletin?)
1979 - 9' 0 clock news (complete colour VT content unidentified)

[Andrew Martin]

Here's a list of News Bulletins (almost all complete) which are logged on the BBC's Infax system. In addition to these there are a number of brief fragments recorded on the start or end of telerecordings of live programmes, and a number of news summaries and headlines programmes recorded on off-air VHS held by the BBC. There are also short news bulletins within current affairs programmes such as the 70s "Tonight", though not all of those have PasB recordings by any means.

Added to that, the vast majority of BBC news film dating back to 1948 exists, and there are a lot of news VT stories - just not many bulletins before 1982.

NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS:NEWS AND NEWSREEL).......... 05/07/54
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS:NEWS AND NEWSREEL).......... 06/04/55
NEWS BULLETIN:MANCHESTER UNITED:MUNICH AIR .... 06/02/58
NEWS BULLETIN:BEHIND THE HEADLINES(NEWS)....... 20/02/58
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 26/02/58
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 21/08/62
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS:NEWS SPECIAL:BBC2 OPENI .... 20/04/64
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 02/06/66
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS:NEWS SPECIAL:ABERFAN:WE .... 21/10/66
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 10/03/67
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 11/03/67
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 12/03/67
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 17/04/67
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 23/02/68
NEWS BULLETIN:NEWSROOM(NEWS)................... 24/05/68
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 09/04/69
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 26/06/70
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 28/07/72
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 15/08/73
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 28/02/74
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 25/09/77
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 16/10/78
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 12/02/79
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 05/07/79
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 06/02/80
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NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 29/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 30/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 31/12/81

I haven't listed those after 1981 - virtuallly every day since has at least one bulletin in existence, and usually all the main ones since 1983 on broadcast formats.

[Phil Chappell]

Interesting to read this. A couple of months ago I found a reel of film at a car boot which was of Robert Dougal reading the news.

As I had no way of watching the film I took it just last week to Dick Fiddy at the BFI and we watched it together. It ws half a bulletin of the 6 o' clock news from 1968 and included news of a prison escape , some ships lost at sea and radio Nottingham (I think, if my memory serves me correctly) opening up that day.
The film is now in posession of Mr. Fiddy - I'm waiting othear if it is missing or not but judging from this list I think it could well be.

[Deleted]

The May 3rd 1979 edition of the 9 O'Clock news definatly exists- it was shown as part of BBC Parliament's repeat of the 1979 election coverage.

[Andrew Martin]

Duly noted, and that fact is now logged on Infax!

[johnstewart]

andrewmartin said:

Here's a list of News Bulletins (almost all complete) which are logged on the BBC's Infax system. In addition to these there are a number of brief fragments recorded on the start or end of telerecordings of live programmes, and a number of news summaries and headlines programmes recorded on off-air VHS held by the BBC. There are also short news bulletins within current affairs programmes such as the 70s "Tonight", though not all of those have PasB recordings by any means.

Added to that, the vast majority of BBC news film dating back to 1948 exists, and there are a lot of news VT stories - just not many bulletins before 1982.

NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS:NEWS AND NEWSREEL).......... 05/07/54
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS:NEWS AND NEWSREEL).......... 06/04/55
NEWS BULLETIN:MANCHESTER UNITED:MUNICH AIR .... 06/02/58
NEWS BULLETIN:BEHIND THE HEADLINES(NEWS)....... 20/02/58
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 26/02/58
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 21/08/62
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS:NEWS SPECIAL:BBC2 OPENI .... 20/04/64
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 02/06/66
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS:NEWS SPECIAL:ABERFAN:WE .... 21/10/66
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 10/03/67
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 11/03/67
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 12/03/67
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 17/04/67
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 23/02/68
NEWS BULLETIN:NEWSROOM(NEWS)................... 24/05/68
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 09/04/69
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 26/06/70
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 28/07/72
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 15/08/73
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 28/02/74
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 25/09/77
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 16/10/78
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 12/02/79
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 05/07/79
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 06/02/80
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 14/02/80
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 19/02/80
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 21/02/80
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 23/02/80
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 24/02/80
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 28/02/80
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 03/03/80
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 05/03/80
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 17/03/80
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NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 31/03/80
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NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 22/10/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 29/10/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 02/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 03/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 04/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 07/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 08/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 09/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 10/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 11/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 12/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 13/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 15/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 16/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 17/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 18/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 19/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 20/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 21/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 22/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 23/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 24/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 26/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 27/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 28/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 29/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 30/11/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 01/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 02/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 03/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 04/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 05/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 06/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 07/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 08/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 09/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 10/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 11/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 12/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 13/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 14/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 16/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 17/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 18/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 19/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 20/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 21/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 22/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 23/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 24/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 25/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 27/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 28/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 29/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 30/12/81
NEWS BULLETIN(NEWS)............................ 31/12/81

I haven't listed those after 1981 - virtuallly every day since has at least one bulletin in existence, and usually all the main ones since 1983 on broadcast formats.

Thanks for this fascinating supplement. Is any of this information available on the INFAX prototype version?

I tried a search on 'news' and nothing came up so I don't know what I did wrong. I was hoping to examine some of the subject contents of individual 1960s editions to see if they match any items I recall.

From 1967 I recall they ran an item on the Loch Ness monster and the Abominable Snowman in 1967 and on both occasions showed alleged photos on a box behind the news reader. They're two of the few actual individual items I can recall on the News.

One of those 1967 editions will be the one on Vietnam used on the documentary TIMEWATCH (read by Michael Aspel). There has been another item used from 1968 where the Newsreader covers students protesting about Vietnam in addition.

P.S. I think the B+W 1971 clip I saw was BBC2s 'News room' not 'News view' The latter was still running as late as 1977 so I assume some of those also exist but was actually the version I think with deaf subtitling and had the distinctive two note tuned tympani theme 'Pa bom ba bom - BOM, bom - BOM' (BOM being the lower note).

[johnstewart]

james2001 said:

The May 3rd 1979 edition of the 9 O'Clock news definatly exists- it was shown as part of BBC Parliament's repeat of the 1979 election coverage.

Yes; I remember seeing the start of the 1979 '9 0 clock news' in a documentary in recent years and raised an eyebrow having read a number of years ago the BBC weren't recording the 9 0 clock news in the 1970s.

now since then I've seen the use of two further broadcasts of which I don't know whether these are included in the entries on Andrews list? One is a B+W telerecording from 1973 on the 3 day week with Robert Dougall and the other 9 0 clock news is also about the same time showing the titles but in colour.

I noted I think the start of a 1967 'BBC news' titles appearing onscreen in the BBCs Jim Callaghan' tribute where as the Chancellor of the Exchequer he's walking towards 10 downing Street. I supposed this might be one of the 'partial' broadcasts (fronts or ends) which survive from the 60s?

One of the early 60s ones 1962; with Robert Dougall, was shown on 'One day in the sixties' though there seems to be a small batch of clips for 1960; 1961 and 1962. The only 1961 example elsewhere I can think of was one of the start of a bulletin showing Yuri Gagarin. this plus the first woman into space - 1963 and man on the moon 1969 all exist on a silent super 8 shown on BBC2s 'man on the moon' anniversary documentary in the 90s.

[johnstewart]

Oh and I also wondered about Richard Baker - the one News Reader I recall best.

I think 2 from 1961; 4 from 62; an Aberfan bulletin special from 1966; on from 1973 and a few more exist featuring him. Can anyone verify?

[Deleted]

johnstewart said:

Yes; I remember seeing the start of the 1979 '9 0 clock news' in a documentary in recent years and raised an eyebrow having read a number of years ago the BBC weren't recording the 9 0 clock news in the 1970s.

Maybe that was earlier on in the 70s, they may have changed their policy by 1979.

[lfbarfe]

johnstewart said:

One of the early 60s ones 1962; with Robert Dougall, was shown on 'One day in the sixties' though there seems to be a small batch of clips for 1960

A March 1967 Robert Dougall bulletin was shown as part of BBC4's 'Summer in the Sixties' season in 2004. INFAX claims it was the 10/3/1967 bulletin, but I'm pretty sure it was the 11/3/1967 one, because of the items in it.

[Andrew Martin]

It was the 11th, and Infax was wrong - but is now corrected...

[lfbarfe]

andrewmartin said:

It was the 11th, and Infax was wrong - but is now corrected...

In a way it's a shame they didn't show the 10/3 one, because the bit about the launch of local radio could be interesting.

Since I've been using Infax, I've worked out most of the programme number prefixes - LLV being London - LE - Variety, etc. However archive programmes reshown on BBC3 and 4 seem to have a CHVF prefix - so is the CH a hangover from BBC Choice, and was there a separate prefix for BBC Knowledge?

[Andrew Martin]

CHV is used for stuff on BBC3 and BBC4, eg the repeat of "Adam Adamant Lives!: The League of Uncharitable Ladies" on 4 in 2004. Only programmes that don't have a 'real' programme number get a new CHV one though - and yes, it does seem to be a hang-over from Choice, but no, I'm not sure there was a special one for Knowledge.

[Steve Riley]

GORDON HONEYCOMB!!!!

Now THERE was a newscaster.

I wonder what footage survives of him?!

[Andrew Doherty]

To Andrew Martin.

The above list should include of one of the most historical BBC news broadcasts of the twentieth century, i.e. the John Roberts news report on the JFK assassination, which was broadcast on that day, Friday the 22nd of November, 1963.

I also thought that there was a Michael Aspel news broadcast from 1959. Certainly I remember watching an early telerecording that seemed to be from around that era.

Yours,