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It was a BBC project. They involved the Beatles as they were the most famous people in the world at that time. The article leaves out all details of the European contribution to the programme.-
38.118.43.2 I have no first-hand knowledge of this broadcast, as I was only born in 1969. However, was this program really a Beatles project, or was this a BBC project with Beatles input? On the wiki page for the single "All you need is love" it states the BBC commissioned a song for OUR WORLD, which implies the BBC drove the project (probably in connection with other European/world broacasters) specifically to demonstrate the new technology. 38.118.43.2
I was a student of TV at the time and watched the show in 1967, before joining the BBC in 1969. Earlier in 67, for the first time it became technically possible, in theory, to link any part of the world by satellite TV beams and there was a lot of discussion within the BBC about how this significant milestone should be marked. (Of course in truth there were many parts of the globe that were still way beyond the reach of TV facilities, and the polar regions were not covered by satellites). Aubrey Singer wanted to get away from the content of earlier such satellite link ups that since 1965 had tended either to be explanations of the technicalities of satellites or just a reporter asking people on the street what having "global TV" meant to them. There was much comment in the UK press that while many countries were going to feature some of their most renowned cultural ambassadors Britain intended to show a long haired pop group. The BBC's choice of the Beatles was the subject of much argument and it is hard now to comprehend that the group's fame beyond young fans and their wider acceptance did not happen till much later. There was quite a lot of hostility to the Beatles at the time for many reasons but the popular press did tend to play along to the views of its older readers. So far from being a Beatles project their involvement was controversial.
Also interesting in a historical perspective was the withdrawal of the USSR and its Eastern European allies in the OIRT broadcasting organisation a few days before transmission as part of a number of Soviet protests over the Six Day War taking place in the Middle East. The USSR said it believed that the Israeli army's success on the battlefield was as a result of it being directly assisted by the US military. There was much discussion at the time about whether such a small nation could really have achieved so much on its own and without any direct help, but well before 25th June this notion had been discounted. In the days before the broadcast the BBC tried very hard to persuade Moscow to change its mind and its statements stressed the apolitical nature of the show and human stories it would tell, but without success.
The whole project was very idealistic and the team fired with much zeal and vision by Aubrey Singer. (Leonard) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leonard9ca ( talk • contribs) 23:27, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Um... the external link to the CBC's coverage actually links to an A(ustralian)BC page that is not what is described. Can someone in the know fix this? -- RealGrouchy 01:55, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
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In the description of the broadcast, it is claimed that the switch from Japan to Australia was the most complicated one, because both ground stations had to reverse their actions. This is unclear, would not every switch in ground stations demand exactly that course of actions? If there were no other ground stations involved, that should be made more clear by the article. 141.76.40.160 ( talk) 10:11, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
-- Abebenjoe ( talk) 08:24, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
Not wanting to by AYNIL about it, but the header includes the line "[the Beatles performed]...'All You Need Is Love', composed especially for the occasion.". However All You Need Is Love indicates that this may well not be the case and that some sources claim that the song had already been written. Some consistency needed here! -- HappyDog ( talk) 16:14, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't the live broadcast of JFK's funeral transmitted directly to many non-US countries. at least in Western Europe, by satellite? William Manchester seems to imply in The Death of a President that the live coverage was shared in real time far outside North America. He doesn't explicitly mention a satellite link, but it might have been hard to achieve that kind of on-the-spot live coverage across the Atlantic except by satellite. Strausszek ( talk) 06:38, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
When was this footage colorized? It can't have been as late as the Anthology, point in case being Eric Idle's parody The Rutles from 1978 which went to great lengths to resemble the authentic look of original footage throughout the whole film, also because the feature was frequently intercutting staged material with original footage, for instance clips from the purported A Hard Day's Rut film were shown in b/w, whereas the footage of The Rutles at Shea Stadium has a strong red color cast, just as the original 1965 audience footage that is thrown in there. Love life, the song played during the Our World parody in the film, has the same artificial colors as does the original. And remember, The Rutles was made in 1978!
So, when was the broadcast of Our World actually colored? In any case, it can't have been any later than 1978! -- 79.193.53.160 ( talk) 11:40, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
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When and by whom were broadcasted Callas and Picasso ? Can we have all the details here ? Thanks, -- Marc-AntoineV ( talk) 08:47, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
I remember a short story (or novel) by Arthur C. Clarke in which he described just such a global link-up, using his predicted communications satellites, but I can't recall the title. Can anyone help? PhilUK ( talk) 10:40, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
Why is there no mention of Italy's contribution to the program, scenes of Franco Zeffirelli at work on his upcoming film of Romeo and Juliet? 2601:545:8201:6290:57D:873:F669:9EAF ( talk) 10:10, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
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It was a BBC project. They involved the Beatles as they were the most famous people in the world at that time. The article leaves out all details of the European contribution to the programme.-
38.118.43.2 I have no first-hand knowledge of this broadcast, as I was only born in 1969. However, was this program really a Beatles project, or was this a BBC project with Beatles input? On the wiki page for the single "All you need is love" it states the BBC commissioned a song for OUR WORLD, which implies the BBC drove the project (probably in connection with other European/world broacasters) specifically to demonstrate the new technology. 38.118.43.2
I was a student of TV at the time and watched the show in 1967, before joining the BBC in 1969. Earlier in 67, for the first time it became technically possible, in theory, to link any part of the world by satellite TV beams and there was a lot of discussion within the BBC about how this significant milestone should be marked. (Of course in truth there were many parts of the globe that were still way beyond the reach of TV facilities, and the polar regions were not covered by satellites). Aubrey Singer wanted to get away from the content of earlier such satellite link ups that since 1965 had tended either to be explanations of the technicalities of satellites or just a reporter asking people on the street what having "global TV" meant to them. There was much comment in the UK press that while many countries were going to feature some of their most renowned cultural ambassadors Britain intended to show a long haired pop group. The BBC's choice of the Beatles was the subject of much argument and it is hard now to comprehend that the group's fame beyond young fans and their wider acceptance did not happen till much later. There was quite a lot of hostility to the Beatles at the time for many reasons but the popular press did tend to play along to the views of its older readers. So far from being a Beatles project their involvement was controversial.
Also interesting in a historical perspective was the withdrawal of the USSR and its Eastern European allies in the OIRT broadcasting organisation a few days before transmission as part of a number of Soviet protests over the Six Day War taking place in the Middle East. The USSR said it believed that the Israeli army's success on the battlefield was as a result of it being directly assisted by the US military. There was much discussion at the time about whether such a small nation could really have achieved so much on its own and without any direct help, but well before 25th June this notion had been discounted. In the days before the broadcast the BBC tried very hard to persuade Moscow to change its mind and its statements stressed the apolitical nature of the show and human stories it would tell, but without success.
The whole project was very idealistic and the team fired with much zeal and vision by Aubrey Singer. (Leonard) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leonard9ca ( talk • contribs) 23:27, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Um... the external link to the CBC's coverage actually links to an A(ustralian)BC page that is not what is described. Can someone in the know fix this? -- RealGrouchy 01:55, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
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In the description of the broadcast, it is claimed that the switch from Japan to Australia was the most complicated one, because both ground stations had to reverse their actions. This is unclear, would not every switch in ground stations demand exactly that course of actions? If there were no other ground stations involved, that should be made more clear by the article. 141.76.40.160 ( talk) 10:11, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
-- Abebenjoe ( talk) 08:24, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
Not wanting to by AYNIL about it, but the header includes the line "[the Beatles performed]...'All You Need Is Love', composed especially for the occasion.". However All You Need Is Love indicates that this may well not be the case and that some sources claim that the song had already been written. Some consistency needed here! -- HappyDog ( talk) 16:14, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't the live broadcast of JFK's funeral transmitted directly to many non-US countries. at least in Western Europe, by satellite? William Manchester seems to imply in The Death of a President that the live coverage was shared in real time far outside North America. He doesn't explicitly mention a satellite link, but it might have been hard to achieve that kind of on-the-spot live coverage across the Atlantic except by satellite. Strausszek ( talk) 06:38, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
When was this footage colorized? It can't have been as late as the Anthology, point in case being Eric Idle's parody The Rutles from 1978 which went to great lengths to resemble the authentic look of original footage throughout the whole film, also because the feature was frequently intercutting staged material with original footage, for instance clips from the purported A Hard Day's Rut film were shown in b/w, whereas the footage of The Rutles at Shea Stadium has a strong red color cast, just as the original 1965 audience footage that is thrown in there. Love life, the song played during the Our World parody in the film, has the same artificial colors as does the original. And remember, The Rutles was made in 1978!
So, when was the broadcast of Our World actually colored? In any case, it can't have been any later than 1978! -- 79.193.53.160 ( talk) 11:40, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
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When and by whom were broadcasted Callas and Picasso ? Can we have all the details here ? Thanks, -- Marc-AntoineV ( talk) 08:47, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
I remember a short story (or novel) by Arthur C. Clarke in which he described just such a global link-up, using his predicted communications satellites, but I can't recall the title. Can anyone help? PhilUK ( talk) 10:40, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
Why is there no mention of Italy's contribution to the program, scenes of Franco Zeffirelli at work on his upcoming film of Romeo and Juliet? 2601:545:8201:6290:57D:873:F669:9EAF ( talk) 10:10, 17 April 2021 (UTC)