BBC: The Voice of Britain

BBC: The Voice of Britain

1935 · 59 min · Documentary

A behind-the-scenes GPO Film Unit documentary (directed by Stuart Legg) that races from studio rehearsals and newsrooms to control rooms and transmitters, weaving speeches, music, and outside broadcasts—featuring voices like H. G. Wells and Ramsay MacDonald—into a kinetic portrait of how the BBC’s national “voice” is made.

Directed by Stuart Legg · Written by Stuart Legg

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