Daventry calling -- wind and rain against my voices fight in vain'.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broadcasting.

Children.

England--Daventry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 11 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1925.

Summary:

Postmaster general opens '5XX', THE WORLD'S GREATEST BROADCASTING STATION". Shot of the wireless masts. Group of officials standing at the base of one of the masts. "500 FEET HIGH!". Camera tilts up from base of mast. Scene inside the station. "THE VALVES BY WHICH 22 MILLION PEOPLE CAN LISTEN IN". Shots of a valve, of a small girl listening in and of one of the aerial masts.

Notes:

Issue number: 727-1 ; Story number within issue: 3 of 5

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.