Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Richard Baker presents a 1985 documentary of post WW2 developments in TV news with archived footage with Robin Day, Geoffrey Cox, Suez Crisis, Funeral of President Kennedy and Peter Woods presented the first half hour news programme in colour, on BBC2 using Marconi Mk VII colour cameras.

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BBC TV NEWS | THE FIRST 30 YEARS | Richard Baker Robin Day Walter Cronkite 1950s to 1980s Pt 2/3

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