L4sBotB to Today I LearnedEnglish • 1 year agoTIL that the BBC had no archival policy until 1978, and many of its old broadcasts were only aired live. A number of BBC broadcasts are lost, including a show featuring a then-unknown Bob Dylan; 97...en.wikipedia.orgmessage-square16arrow-up1112arrow-down11
arrow-up1111arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the BBC had no archival policy until 1978, and many of its old broadcasts were only aired live. A number of BBC broadcasts are lost, including a show featuring a then-unknown Bob Dylan; 97...en.wikipedia.orgL4sBotB to Today I LearnedEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square16
minus-squarelapislazulilinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year agoThere are similar examples from other countries as well. TV was seen as a means for making live broadcasts, so back-ups weren’t made and tapes got recorded over. Source: a course on TV history I took.
There are similar examples from other countries as well. TV was seen as a means for making live broadcasts, so back-ups weren’t made and tapes got recorded over. Source: a course on TV history I took.