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Correspondents in the Field

From the mid 1930s to the 1950s, as events changed the world irrevocably, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s correspondents began to report from across the globe. As the role became more defined, so did the techniques and technology used to deliver the broadcasts.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Midget recording apparatus in use on the frontline, France 1944
Type C Mobile recording equipment installed in a jeep in the Anzio Beachhead, Italy
The Daily Digest of World Broadcasts being brought to the London office of the Monitoring Unit in 1945
Denis Johnston, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ War Correpondent, discusses cargo with the Chief Engineer of a Liberty Ship in Italy in 1943
Michael Reynolds, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News Observer in a gondola, Venice with a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Type C portable recording apparatus in 1945
Robert Barr, Editor of Marching On, typing out a story in the recording van during Army manoeuvres in 1943
Type C mobile recording equipment installed in a jeep in the Anzio Beachhead, Italy in 1943
C.D Adamson, Engineer Correspondent of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ War Reporting Unit, with a Midget Recorder of the type used in Normandy. Developed by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and relatively lightweight, this allowed correspondents to make on-the-spot recordings which could be relayed back to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ by means of mobile transmitters in the area
Lt.C.L. Jones (right) and Sgt P.M. Mogg, in a gas chamber, visiting the US troops in Northern Ireland in 1942
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Midget recording apparatus in use on the frontline, France 1944