Filmed by BBC in the 70s

[Donbogen]

1970/71 the BBC filmed my Dad at work at Lucas King St
they then filmed us at home in Witton rd interviewing my Dad filming my Mum shopping then it was my turn they gave me a pound to go and buy a kit form the model shop a Wildcat plane and they filmed me making it
Rich Man Poor Man was the title of the Doc
i have never been able to find it

 

[A Sparks]

That's great!
Sadly, I believe the BBC used to wipe a lot of their old film to reuse the tape.

 

[Donbogen]

Yes thats what a BBC staff member told me when i seached for it a few years back

 

[Mark Tooze]

In 1970/71 it is almost certain it would have been recorded on 16mm film - not videotape as portable video cameras were barely in use then and needed an OB unit as well - so if it was on film it could not have been wiped. However the film itself may have been junked. Check with the BBC archive in Perivale or if it was a regional documentary try the BBC at the mailbox.

 

[Donbogen]

I was told it does not exist anymore

 

[Richard Dye]

I was told it does not exist anymore

That is such a shame to discard something like that. They could have given your family at half dozen or so 16mm rolls just as easily!

 

[Mark Tooze]

Pity it was BBC and not ATV - the MACE Archive is supposed to still hold around 95% of ATV/Central midlands regional news and documentary programs made from 1956 to 1992. It is (allegedly) the most intact local news archive in Britain.