Transmitter at the B.B.C.  
The engineer is hanging patchleads 
back on the hook.

Festival of Great Brittain in 1951 
at the opening. 

Great confidence in the rebuild land 
was gained after the world war. 

More money was spent on making television.

Festival of Great Brittain in 1951 
at the opening.

In the same year, official public broadcasting started in the Netherlands.

New build studio, like money was not an issue. 

1951: Time of expansion.

Huge studio with exiting lighting system 
in 1951 at the B.B.C.

New B.B.C. studio with camera's on suspended dollies, large floor and high tech facilities in 1951.

Lighting engineers are carrying each 
a fresnel projector in 1951.

Setting up a studio light on a tripod
at the B.B.C. in 1951.

Cranes and dollies were affordable
for the B.B.C. in 1951.

Demonstration of a new tv set in 1951 
for a potential audience of 12 million watchers. 

By 1951 one out of twenty families 
owned a tv set.