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1948 - News comes to the Television Service
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ had been showing cinema newsreels on the Television Service since 1936, but as interest in TV grew, the demand for a dedicated news service increased. Normally voiced by famous commentator John Snagge, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Newsreel painted a picture of the day’s events as a filmed sequence of short reports. Clip shows the Newsreel opening titles. The music is Girls In Grey by Charles Williams.
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