Televising the General Election of 1951

Scene in Studio B at Alexandra Palace as results were received during the 1951 General Election, which was televised by the BBC. ILN artist Bryan de Grineau visited Alexandra Palace on 26 October where he made drawing of the two studios that formed the centre of operations. Transmission took place from 10.15pm on 25 October to 4am on 26 October, then resumed from 10am to 5pm. Drawing shows two announcers in the background in front of the camera, with three statisticians to their right tabulating overall figures. In the left foreground, a cameraman is lining up his camera on a descriptive panel while, beyond, the animator stands ready with a diagram. The third announcer is seen on the right with a camera trained on him

Announcers Cameramen Cameras Coverage Grineau Mar23 Presenters Results Televised

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