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Ancient Web: Whirligig Keeps 1950s British Television Readable

Whirligig preserves 1950s British television and radio history through programme pages, presenter biographies, commercials, memories, audio, video and material about shows whose original broadcasts often survive only imperfectly.

Ancient Web: The Test Card Gallery Remembers When Television Had to Show Its Work

Darren Meldrum's Test Card Gallery preserves BBC, ITV, and international television test cards, tuning signals, clocks, captions, and engineering patterns from the era before round-the-clock broadcasting.