Television Collection (page 4)

Elisabeth Welch as the Parisian nightclub owner Beulah in the classic Ealing film Dead of Night. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Elisabeth Welch in Paris. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933. Popular star of British musical theatre, films

Elisabeth Welch signs an autograph for a serviceman at a concert for the troops in London. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Elisabeth Welch signed photograph. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Broadcast Receiving Licence excluding television, issued in 1947, costing twenty shillings (one pound). 1947

Veronica Lake (1922 - 1973), (Constance Ockleman) American film actress Date: 1919 -

William Powell and Myrna Loy
Front Cover of The Bystander, William Powell (1892 1984), American actor paired with Myrna Loy (1905 1993), American film, television and stage actress, in 14 films

Colin Baker as Dr Who, with two young fans
The actor Colin Baker (b 1943) as Dr Who, with two young fans. Colin Baker was the sixth Dr Who in the long-running science fiction television series, and played the role from 1984 to 1986

Cathy McGowan (b. 1943), journalist and TV presenter, finding fame and iconic style status as the presenter of the cult pop programme Ready Steady Go!

Robert Robinson with Lord & Lady St Levan, Cornwall
Robert Robinson (1927-2011), radio and TV presenter, journalist and author, with Lord John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan (1919-2013), and his wife Lady Susan St Levan (d 2003)

Robert Robinson, radio and TV presenter
Robert Robinson (1927-2011), radio and TV presenter, journalist and author

Judi Spiers, radio and TV presenter
Judi Spiers (b. 1953), radio and TV presenter, seen here taking part in a cricket match. circa 1980s

Peter Hurkos, Dutch psychic
Peter Hurkos (Pieter van der Hurk, 1911-1988), Dutch psychic. After the Second World War he became a popular entertainer. Date: 20th century

Decca television advertisement - 1953 Coronation
Advertisement for Decca televisions, appearing in the Coronation issue of the Daily Sketch, encouraging people to view the big occasions in a big way in your own home

Sylvia Sidney 1930
Sylvia Sidney (1910 1999) American film actress, also on television. Date: 1937

Kathleen Clifford - Who is Number One?
Still from Paramount Picture Production Who Is Number One? - starring Kathleen Clifford (1887 - 1962) in the role of Aimee Villon

John Le Carre (David Cornwell)
John le Carr (pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell, b 1931), English author of spy novels, many of which have been adapted for television and film. He worked for MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and 1960s

Lady Isobel Barnett (1918-1980) English radio and television star

John Logie Baird watching Stereoscopic Television, 1942
Photograph showing John Logie Baird (1888-1946), the Scottish electrical engineer and television pioneer, watching stereoscopic television at his home in Sydenham Hill, London, June 1942

John Logie Baird experimenting at home, 1942
Photograph showing John Logie Baird (1888-1946), the Scottish electrical engineer and television pioneer, conducting a television experiment at his home in Sydenham Hill, London, 1942

John Logie Baird, with ventriloquists dummy head
John Logie Bairds experiment with transatlantic television. He is pictured here with a ventriloquists dummy head whose image was transmitted from London to New York by wireless

Tabby kitten on top of television set
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten on top of television set. 1950s

Elizabeth Cowell at the BBC
Given its access to sensitive information, the BBC had to be on the lookout for potential spies during the Second World War

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Music cover, Football, Keep Your Eye on the Ball, written, composed and performed by Nat Travers, King of the Cockney Comedians, radio and television star. 1951

?Or perhaps you find a night in front of the telly... ?, 1995
?Or perhaps you find a night in front of the telly...?, 1995. Colour hotolithograph recruiting poster published by the Armed Forces Careers office, 1996. Date: 1996

Susi - on top of the television. 1950s

Elizabeth Cowell - television presenter by Yevonde
Elizabeth Cowell (19121998) was a British broadcaster and the first woman television announcer. Pictured studying a portrait taken of herself in 1933 before she became a radio

Cartoon, Radio versus Television, by Rich. circa 1930s

Lil Dagover - German stage film and television actress
Lil Dagover (18971980) - German stage, film and television actress whose career spanned nearly six. Date: 1930

TV station at Holmesdale Primary School
Teacher showing a three-dimensional model of a room set out with TV cameras at Holmesdale Primary School, where they had their own TV station which transmitted programmes to the classrooms. Date: 1974

Gibbs Happy Families - Miss Chips the Carpenters daughter. 20th century

Mass of Pope Benedict XVI in Holy Week. Saint Peters Square. Vatican City

The film the Royal Family, 1969
Double page spread from the Illustrated London News with scenes from the documentary, The Royal Family, a 105 minute film shown on BBC1 on 21 June 1969

Fred Astaire (1899 - 1987), American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter

Lew Ayres
Lewis Frederick Ayres III (December 28, 1908 December 30, 1996) was an American actor whose film and television career spanned 65 years

Joan Blondell
Rose Joan Blondell (1906 - 1979), American actress in movies and television

Joan Bennett (1910 1990), American stage, film and television actress

Constance Bennett (1904 - 1965), American stage, film, radio and television actress

Angela Baddeley (1904 1976), English stage and television actress

Cecile Aubry (1928 2010), French film actress, author, television screenwriter and director. Date: January 1965

George Brent (1904 - 1979), Irish-born American stage, film, and television actor in American cinema

Robert Beatty (1909 - 1992), Canadian actor who worked in film, television, and radio

Zasu Pitts (1894 - 1963), American film actress, later in television

Jackie Cooper (1922 - 2011), American child actor of 1930s films

Danny Kaye / Music Sheet
DANNY KAYE American entertainer of stage, screen and television, singing Candy Kisses Date: 1913 -

TV Filming, 1940S
A BBC television studio at Alexandra Palace, London : a musical spectacular is seen in the course of filming Date: 1946

Better than Reality ?
Is watching television more exciting than experiencing reality ? Date: 1930

The Last Night of the Proms. Stanford Robinson conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. The television camera can be seen on the right

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