Contemporary documents


Early film	G A Smith patent for colour kinematography (1906)
Early British television	How to build a Baird Televisor (1928)	A Broadcast Talk by John Logie Baird (1931)
	BBC press release of TV broadcasting schedule from Radiolympia (1936)	BBC press release announcing the start of a high definition television service (1936)
	Opening of BBC Television (1936)
Other British broadcasting	Broadcast English (1929)	British Satellite Broadcasting: The full responsibility (1988)
British film policy	Towards a National Film Policy (UK, 1949)
Hollywood blacklist	The 'red menace' in Hollywood (1940-1960)	Eric Johnston Evidence to the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) (1947)
	Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, Statement of principles (1944)
US broadcasting	FCC chairman Newton Minow's 'vast wasteland of television' speech (9 May 1961)