In message , BH Williams
writes

"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
...
In message
"Ronnie Clark" wrote:

[snip]
....actual edits were extremely rare in the
first series. This was due to the only way of editing being to physically
cut the 2 inch tape and splice it together. "An Unearthly Child" contains
one edit approximately half-way through.

You had to coat the recorded side of the tape with a special fluid to show
up
the recording tracks and then cut carefully between the tracks using a
special jig. Programmes were charged 50 quid an edit, which was a fortune
in
those days.

In Tyne Tees we used to edit a football match review in a hurry on 2" tape.
I can't remember the name of the programme, maybe "the Big Match".

Anyway a famous local derby between Newcastle and Sunderland was edited very
fast, between the end of the programme and transmission, where we developed
the control track, cut bits out, and then left the only goal hanging on the
back of the door. (You could only see the content when you ran it over the
video heads.)

The Toon army never let us hear the end of that one!

Heh! TWW sent one 16mm film unit to a football match. All 4 goals came
when they were changing magazines.

Mike
--
M.J.Powell