Broadcast Collection

His Broadcast Masters Voice by George Studdy
A spoof on the famous His Masters Voice logo featuring a dog listening to a gramophone; Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy

W. Heath Robinson
Cartoon, Heath Robinsons Broadcast Drawing. My Wireless Set showing an old radio. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evan"

Street Accordionists
Selected from the ranks of Londons street artists, these musicians perform on the kerb for a BBC broadcast

Bonzo adds a fifth to the quartet
Bonzo, listening to music on the radio, adds a fifth to the quartet, and starts to howl. Date: 1923

Winston Churchill makes his VE Day Broadcast

Welles and Newsmen 1938
Orson Welles speaks with newsmen, 30 October 1938, after the sensational broadcast of a dramatised version of the book by the Mercury Theatre, NY

Omani Outside Broadcast truck
Salalah Sultanate of Oman. Omani Cameraman sitting on top of the green and orange Outside Broadcast truck. Small ladder leaning against van. Grey car park next to the van with Omani signage Date: 1977

Princess Elizabeth first broadcast, 1940
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) making her first radio broadcast on 11 October 1940 to British children evacuated abroad to the United States and Canada. Date: 1940

Original logo, British Broadcasting Corporation
Original logo for the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation. circa 1953

Futuristic news broadcast
A futuristic news broadcast, where a couple relax in their sitting room and listen to the days news from a gramophone-like machine

Princess Elizabeth broadcasting to the Empire
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) at a BBC microphone making her 21st birthday broadcast to the Empire during the Royal Tour of South Africa on 21st April 1947. Date: 1947

Arthur Richard Burrows, BBC broadcaster
Arthur Richard Burrows (1882-1947), BBC broadcaster and journalist, known affectionately as Uncle Arthur. 1922

Christmas 1952 by Harold White
A 1950s family sit around the fire at Christmas time listening to a wireless broadcast Streamers and paper chains hang from the ceiling and a rather mean looking Christmas tree stands in the corner

Photograph showing Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945), the Italian dictator, testing a radio set during the Italian Army manoevres of August 1936

John Logie Baird - demonstrates the first Television. Date: 1925

WW2 - Home Guard Goings On
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 children's story book, Home Guard Goings On, written by Basil Boothroyd. The image portrays an older gentleman wielding a gun

Boo-Hooray Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Boo-Hooray, words and music by Jimmy Hughes and Fred Godfrey, featured and broadcast by Henry Hall, who can be seen in the portrait photograph

Good Luck And The Same To You!
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Good Luck, And The Same To You! Lyrics by Ray Sonin, music by Kenneth J. Alford. Introduced, broadcast and recorded by Al and Bob Harvey

We'll Meet Again, Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for We'll Meet Again, words and music by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. Featured and broadcast by Billy Cotton and his band

I'll Remember You My Darling
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for I'll Remember You My Darling, by Hugh Rich and Reg Connelly, featured and broadcast by Dolly Elsie who can be seen in the portrait photograph

Johnny Zero, WW2 Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Johnny Zero, lyric by Mack David, words by Vee Lawnhurst, featured and broadcast by George Elrick, who can be seen in the portrait photograph

Sing A Song Of Tomorrow Today
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Sing A Song Of Tomorrow Today, by Hugh Charles, Sonny Miller and Noel gay. Recorded and broadcast by Billy Cotton, who can be seen in the portrait photograph

When They Sound The Last All Clear
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for When They Sound The Last All Clear, by Hugh Charles and Louis Elton, recorded and broadcast by Vera Lynn, who can be seen in the portrait photograph

Shine On Victory Moon
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Shine On Victory Moon, words and music by Jos Geo Gilbert, featured and broadcast by Hatton and Manners, who can be seen in the portrait photograph

The Homecoming Waltz
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for The Homecoming Waltz, words and music by Bob Musel, Ray Sonin and Reg Connelly. Featured and broadcast by Ivy Benson

Tiggerty-Boo! Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Tiggerty-Boo! the force's thumbs up song, by Hal Hallifax. Broadcast and recorded by Geraldo and his orchestra

Sons Of The Old Contemptibles
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Sons Of The Old Contemptibles, written and composed by Muriel Watson, Jack Denby and Everett Lynton, recorded and broadcast by Billy Cotton and his band

The Victory Waltz
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for The Victory Waltz, words by Tommie Connor, music by Tony Bond. Featured and broadcast by Joe Loss and his orchestra

In The Quartermaster's Stores
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for In The Quartermaster's Stores, words and music adapted by Box, Cox and Bert Read

The Handsome Territorial
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for The Handsome Territorial, by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr. Broadcast and featured by Joe Loss, who can be seen in the portrait photograph. Date: 1939

Run Rabbit Run! Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Run Rabbit Run!, from The Little Dog Laughed. Music and words by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler

I'm Sending A Letter To Santa Claus
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for I'm Sending A Letter To Santa Claus, by Lanny Rogers and Spencer Williams. Featured, recorded and broadcast by Gracie Fields

Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes, lyrics by Mann Curtis, music by Vic Mizzy. Featured and broadcast by Donald Peers

Lilli Marlene, Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Lilli Marlene, My Lilli Of The Lamplight, by Norbert Schultze, Hans Leip and Tommie Connor

The White Cliffs Of Dover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for There'll Be Blue Birds Over The White Cliifs Of Dover, words by Nat Burton, music by Walter Kent

Wings Over The Navy, Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Wings Over The Navy, words by Johnny Mercer, music by Harry Warren. Featured and broadcast by Henry Hall and his orchestra

Goodnight Children Everywhere
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Goodnight Children Everywhere, written and composed by Gaby Rogers and Harry Phillips. Featured and broadcast by Gracie Fields in France

Got Any Gum Chum? Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Got Any Gum Chum? Words by Ralph Butler and Archie De Bear, music by Tolchard Evans

I've Got Sixpence As I Go Rolling Home
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for I've Got Sixpence (As I Go Rolling Home), words and music by Box, Cox and Hall

The Home Front Music Cover
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for The Home Front, words and music by Reginald Hindley and Sydney Thompson. Featured and broadcast by Joe Loss and his band

Music cover, Why Don't You Make Me Happy? words by Arthur Henry, music by Rex Lander and Lee Clare, foxtrot song broadcast by Jack Payne and his Hotel Cecil Dance Band Date: 1927

Music cover, Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered, lyric by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers, featured and broadcast by Billy Cotton and his Band Date: 1941

Music cover, 12th Street Rag, Harry Roy
Music cover, 12th Street Rag, words by Andy Razaf, music by Euday L Bowman, song featured and broadcast by Harry Roy and his Orchestra Date: 1942

King George VI's war speech
King George VI (1895-1952) giving his famous address to the nation over the airwaves, on 3 September, the day Britain declared war on Germany

British actors at a microphone
British actors Greer Garson (1904-1996), Leslie Howard (1893-1943), Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), Brian Aherne (1902-1986), Ronald Coleman (1891-1958) and Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) in Hollywood

Music cover, The Man with the Mandolin, by James Cavanaugh, John Redmond and Frank Weldon, featured and broadcast by Jack Payne and his Band, and Brian Lawrance and his Lansdown House Sextet

Music cover, When Mother Nature Sings Her Lullaby, by Larry Yoell and Glenn Brown, featured and broadcast by by Jack White and his Collegians. Date: 1938

Music cover, A Garden in Granada, words and music by Sam M Lewis, Abel Baer and Ion Vasilescu, featured and broadcast by Reginald Pursglove and his Orchestra. Date: 1938

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