COUNTRY TOWN Card 1: EVENT LIBRARY
NUMBER
ISSUE
YEAR
ENGLAND:
London:
Battersea:
Electricity
Control Centre
Battersea:
BATTERSEA POWER STATION FIRE: This caused a two
hour black-out in West London:
1: 5.55pm: Battersea burned cables:
2: 8.55pa: Walter Mayers, Station Superintendent
interview: (Partington)
3: 5.55pm: Mr. Erroll arrives for Cabinet Meetii
4: 5.55pm remains: Mayers interview, shots of
BBC 2:
37832/
I42B/1
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COUNTRY TOWN Card 1: EVENT LIBRARY
NUMBER
ISSUE
YEAR
ENGLAND:
London:
Battersea:
Electricity
Control Centre
Battersea:
BATTERSEA POWER STATION FIRE: This caused a two
hour black-out in West London:
1: 5.55pm: Battersea burned cables:
2: 8.55pa: Walter Mayers, Station Superintendent
interview: (Partington)
3: 5.55pm: Mr. Erroll arrives for Cabinet Meetii
4: 5.55pm remains: Mayers interview, shots of
BBC 2:
37832/
I42B/1
30.4.
/64:
S4;
1 • 5.55pm:
CS Burnt cables tilt down and along: part of g
and kept there - remainder of scene a 6 ft:
NEG: 16mm: ITN(King) 23 sees: 14^ ft:
Tx 21.4.64/5.55pm:
2 2 8 , 5 5 p m;
BV C0ntrol room:
CS Dial next to clock at 4.50tot; PULL OUT:
CS Dial 'Kilovoltst p a n more dials:
2 shot MAYERS SOF: (O: Mr. Mavers. what was the
first indication that something was wrong last
niaht?) ZOOM INTO CS SOF: Well the control engin COUNTRY
ENGLAND
TOWN
London:
Battersea:
Card 2: EVENT
Continued/,
Shepherds Bush
sides of the station. (Q: DO you think there is
any further danger of blackouts?) I should think
the danger is extremely remote, and I'm quite
confident that the BBC programme should go out
tonight:
GV BBC TV centre:
MS Van backed up:
CS Sign 'Mobile TV Generator':
CMS Camera pan to rehearsal of 'Kiss Me Kate':
NUMBER
ISSUE
NO. YEAR
37832/k42E/l/64
NEG: 16 mm: ITN(King/Dudley) 43 sees: 27 ft:
Tx 21.4.64/5.55pm: Close