The Birth of Television(1976)
In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.

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In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.
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1976-11-01
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