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Thread #141956   Message #3269153
Posted By: ChrisJBrady
06-Dec-11 - 05:46 AM
Thread Name: Historical London Sounds
Subject: HISTORICAL LONDON SOUNDS
Radio Actuality Recordings from the BBC

Another archive of gems - the BBC Sound Archives - a small fraction of which is on snippet 'view.' See:

http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/radio_actuality_recordings/

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RADIO ACTUALITY MEANS sound recorded on location. With the kind permission of BBC Worldwide, the London Sound Survey is able to present a collection of recordings for radio that were made in and around London during the 1930s and 1940s.

They bring to life some of the everyday voices and circumstances of the time. Many are unedited rushes and others never made it onto air, but all have been digitised for the first time from their original 78 rpm transcription discs. More will be added over the coming months.

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Hopefully it wont be too long before more programmes made by the BBC will be online such as the recordings collected by Bob Copper and others.

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