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Post by Blue Pete on Nov 23, 2003 23:30:58 GMT
just been reminded of this. when the "Blue Peter" time capsule was dug up in 2000. was the footage used or played back or indeed cleaned ?? and where is this stuff preserved now ?? will it get played on another show as it is ?? or get put on a DVD ?
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Post by Steve Roberts on Nov 24, 2003 11:25:39 GMT
If I remember correctly, the newer capsule was half full of water, rendering the contents unplayable, and the older one was quite damp. The piece of film that was in the older capsule was pretty knackered and I believe that they just played a bit of the same item from its original broadcast to show what was supposed to have been in there!
Steve
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Post by David Brunt on Nov 24, 2003 14:06:43 GMT
If I remember correctly, the newer capsule was half full of water, rendering the contents unplayable, and the older one was quite damp. The piece of film that was in the older capsule was pretty knackered and I believe that they just played a bit of the same item from its original broadcast to show what was supposed to have been in there! They did play a few seconds of the knackered film - and very knackered it was too... The contents of the time capsules then went into the archive at Bradford F&TV Museum.
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Post by William Martin on Nov 25, 2003 16:09:29 GMT
they shouldn't have kept digging it up in 1938 westinghouse burried a time capsule at the American World fair and designed it to last 4000 years, thing was we knew what was in the BB capsule anyway becasue they filmed it. why bury it let it get knackered and then dig it up, what was it all for? abit like my posting about dumped or burned
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Post by Andy Henderson on Nov 26, 2003 22:48:02 GMT
That Blue Peter capsule is a good indicator of public opinion of archive television. They really thought Blue Peter wouldn't be running by that time (entirely probable) and they would be forgotten. Perhaps even thinking that as the show was live, there would be little to show in the year 2000. A good example of the 'tv is an instant medium' school. The fact that just about all the post 1963 Blue Peter editions survive seems something of a miracle, but apart from nostalgia and the odd repeatable film or pop item, it (of all programmes) shouldn't have even been recorded! Knowing how meticulous Biddy Baxter was, this does throw an assumed light on the attitudes of other contemporary BBC departments.
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Post by William Martin on Nov 28, 2003 12:25:28 GMT
absoloutly, couldn't put it better myself your right ,they always thought of tv as a medium of he moment despite the fact that manufacturers were gearing up for the first experiement into the home video market in the late 60s selectavision etc perhaps they should have kept quiet about the contents of the box or got children to pick what they thought best represented their time, there are any number of things they could have done but in 4000 years time when the westinghouse capsule is being dug up and future civilisations are learning about micky mouse , ladies fashions and bakalite, the BB capsule would have long since corroded away.
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