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and so to nra apologies for x posting Iain | IEF Flett | 5 Provost Road | Tayport | Fife | Scotland DD6 9JE | 01382 552218 | 07796585188 þ| [log in to unmask] | Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:26:56 +0100 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Archive Pioneers: early days of the BBC Sound Archive To: [log in to unmask] Dear Friends and Colleagues, In support of UNESCO's World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, and in celebration of those who came before us, the BBC has published an online collection about its own pioneers of the BBC Sound Archive. The collection can be accessed (including from outside the UK) at www.bbc.co.uk/archive Archivally Yours, Simon _______________________ Simon Rooks Multi Media Archivist BBC Information & Archives Archive pioneers: early days of the BBC Sound Archive To coincide with UNESCO's World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, BBC Archive is releasing a small collection profiling the BBC's very own archive pioneers. The collection includes broadcasts and some recordings never before released in full. The BBC was nearly ten years old when it installed its first recording machine, but tapes and discs soon began to pile up in Broadcasting House. The collection profiles some heroes of heritage who explain how and why they set about collecting and organising voices and sounds in the 1930s and 40s. Hear the pioneers discussing their recording subjects, from key historical speeches to records of local traditions they thought might soon die out. The collection spotlights Ludwig Koch whose collection of audio items catalogued since childhood were later acquired by the BBC to establish a library of natural history, and the prescient actions of secretary Marie Slocombe who laid the foundations for one of the most significant audio archives in the world. A small gallery also pictures the lengths producers went to to create authentic sound effects in live broadcast formats, and features pictures of the earliest pieces of kit used to capture audio for posterity. The collection will be available from 27 October, visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/archive_pioneers/ About BBC Archive The BBC Archive is one of the largest multimedia archives in the world, held in 27 locations across the UK. As well as close to a million hours of TV and radio programmes it also holds 6 million still photographs, over 4 million items of sheet music, and over half-a-million documents and records. The BBC Archive website allows you to explore over 80 years of UK and BBC history. Programmes, documents and images bring the past to life and reveal forgotten stories, available to UK audiences. For more information, visit: bbc.co.uk/archive. http://www.bbc.co.uk This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra