I watch quite a bit of YouTube and over time I have found some I recommend following. BBC archive is one of these. It is an official archive channel from the British Broadcasting Corporation that curates and publishes historical BBC television content.
I like the calm, slow, deliberate style instead of the modern fast-cut media. I find it fascinating as it shows how people genuinely thought at the time. I’m also amazed at how much humour is in them.
It may have you longing for a return to this documentary style.
Here are a few I’ve enjoyed
1973: Checking the Weather with a Home Made Satellite Dish | Nationwide | BBC Archive
A Scottish radio amateur, John Tuke (GM3BST), uses a homemade chicken-wire satellite dish to receive data directly from US weather satellites.
Tomorrow’s World: Nellie the School Computer 15 February 1969 – BBC
The story of Forest Grammar School’s computer. An Elliott 405 built in 1956 was donated to the school By Nestle. This massive early vacuum tube computer was disassembled, transported and reassembled by the school. The computer was dubbed Nellie.
There is more information about the computer here Framboise 314, le Raspberry Pi à la sauce française….. It is in French, but Chrome will translate it.
Tomorrow’s World: Home Computer Terminal 20 September 1967 – BBC
Derek Cooper reports on Europe’s first home computer terminal. Installed into the home of industrial consultant Rex Malik.
1974: The Teenage Telephone Addict | Nationwide | BBC Archive
Nick has connected a 14 telephones to an exchange, creating a telephone network that spans his house and garden. His interest began with an antique phone, and he has since spent 5 years building his present system.
1985: He is Coming For Britain’s Birds! | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive
The story of Birdman of Jackson – aka Jim Vardaman is the champion birdwatcher of the whole world. In this video Jim sets out to beat the British record of 252 species spotted in 24 hours
According to the video description, “Using nothing but his natural talent, a private jet, two helicopters, four assistants, a £1,000 telescope and a man called Big Jake, Vardaman sets out to show the Limeys a thing or two. Hot damn!”
This is a longer video and I did not expect to watch it all, but I found it to be fascinating
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