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"BBC Archive" occasionally tweet (is that still the right verb now it's
called X? If not, "post on X") an old report, usually from one of the
"soft news" prog.s.

I presume from the colour of today's one - https://x.com/BBCArchive/status/2080186154255524218 - that the archive
is kept on film, at least where the original was shot on film, rather
than as video (it has the colour cast of old film recently scanned
(muted reds and blues, roughly).
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

There I was, sitting in a glum mood - 'Cheer up, things could be
worse', he said, so I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse.

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J. P. Gilliver wrote:

I presume from the colour of today's one - https://x.com/BBCArchive/status/2080186154255524218 - that the archive
is kept on film, at least where the original was shot on film

Certainly looks like film. It's a bit annoying that a clip about
dialect is silent, with no obvious unmute button ...

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On 2026/7/23 10:11:10, Andy Burns wrote:

J. P. Gilliver wrote:

I presume from the colour of today's one -
https://x.com/BBCArchive/status/2080186154255524218 - that the archive>> is kept on film, at least where the original was shot on film

Certainly looks like film. It's a bit annoying that a clip about
dialect is silent, with no obvious unmute button ...

If viewed as I am in edge, if you hover over the image, controls appear
- the crossed-out speaker is fourth from the right.
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
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Andy Burns wrote:

J. P. Gilliver wrote:

I presume from the colour of today's one -
https://x.com/BBCArchive/status/2080186154255524218 - that the archive
is kept on film, at least where the original was shot on film

Certainly looks like film.-a It's a bit annoying that a clip about
dialect is silent, with no obvious unmute button ...

Brilliant design ... a mute button shows up once the clip ends!

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"J. P. Gilliver" wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

It's a bit annoying that a clip about

dialect is silent, with no obvious unmute button ...

If viewed as I am in edge, if you hover over the image, controls appear
- the crossed-out speaker is fourth from the right.

In firefox hovering doesn't show the controls, they only appear once the
clip ends.
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On 2026/7/23 10:18:8, Andy Burns wrote:

"J. P. Gilliver" wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

It's a bit annoying that a clip about

dialect is silent, with no obvious unmute button ...

If viewed as I am in edge, if you hover over the image, controls appear
- the crossed-out speaker is fourth from the right.

In firefox hovering doesn't show the controls, they only appear once the clip ends.

Hmm. Something to tell the Furefox people!
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

If this power [television] is ever brought to mechanical perfection,
there is little reason, except the desire to be gregarious, that anyone
but a few should go in person to any place of entertainment again.
- BBC yearbook 1930
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On 23/07/2026 10:18, Andy Burns wrote:

"J. P. Gilliver" wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

It's a bit annoying that a clip about

dialect is silent, with no obvious unmute button ...

If viewed as I am in edge, if you hover over the image, controls appear
- the crossed-out speaker is fourth from the right.

In firefox hovering doesn't show the controls, they only appear once the clip ends.

In my Firefox, which is not the latest version as I'm on Windows 8.1,
the clip won't play unless I log in to X, which I can't because the 'Log
in with Google' option doesn't work.

I can view the clip in Supermium browser, which doesn't ask me to sign
in to X and shows the controls when I hover.
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Dave W
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