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) Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, Statement of principles (1944) Eric Johnston Evidence to the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) (1947)
US broadcasting		FCC chairman Newton Minow's 'vast wasteland of television' speech (9 May 1961)