Jerome!! - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

ms660 · 12th Jun 2016, 9:08 pm

Some of you older TV techs might remember that name from the earlier days of BBC colour, can you guess?

If you think you're correct then the link below will confirm.

No cheating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6rWgEMb-9k

Lawrence.

Peter.N. · 12th Jun 2016, 11:35 pm

Don't remember that one.

Peter

stevehertz · 13th Jun 2016, 9:17 am

If it was used as a trade test for colour sets lets hope that most were better than the one in the youtube video!

ms660 · 13th Jun 2016, 9:51 am

It was a good film, what you have seen is probably a copy of a copy done on some crappy VHS machine.

All the trade test films were good, there were quite a few of them back in the day but not many are available online., maybe three or so on Utube.

EDIT: Here's a link to the test films shown: http://www.bvws.org.uk/405alive/info...radefilms.html

Lawrence.

Heatercathodeshort · 14th Jun 2016, 9:00 am

I have no recollection of this film as a BBC2 colour test film. Most odd, I watched them all every day from 1967 and still know them as if it was yesterday. I think it may have been broadcast from another region as many of the films listed were not shown in the London Area. J.

ms660 · 14th Jun 2016, 9:08 am

That's interesting, the Atlantic Parks film was broadcast in the North West for sure when I was working in the trade in that area.

Lawrence.

Vintage Engr · 14th Jun 2016, 10:10 am

I was also there from the start of the BBC2 trade tests in the London area, & I also don't recall that one!
Some of my favourites were:

Home made car. Absolutely brilliant.

S.I.D.E. An electrical safety film, S Switch off. I Isolate. D Dump, E Earth.

The brilliant cartoon made by Mullard (I think) about how to set up & de-gauss a CTV. The de-gaussing coil looked like an electric toilet seat! Strangely, the one we had at Rediffusion, was wooden, painted green, & looked as if it had come from a Victorian privy.
Those were the days!

Dave.

ms660 · 14th Jun 2016, 10:37 am

Yes, Home Made Car was shown in the North West, also the ones about the Kariba Dam, Giuseppeno, S.I.D.E and several others.

Lawrence.

Panrock · 14th Jun 2016, 11:44 am

I well remember "Jerome"".

My first job at the BBC in 1969 after leaving school was as a Technical Assistant. I had to put out the trade test films in Network Control Two and play the test card music on a huge Leevers Rich. Once the films were faded up, there was often time to watch them or chew the cud with workmates.

There were just two RBM colour monitors in the control room and many a happy hour was spent trying to make them match.

Steve

ms660 · 14th Jun 2016, 11:55 am

Ah, I'm not alone then, when the woman called for Jerome all the lads in the workshop would shout "Jerome Jerome, where the

are you"

Lawrence.

Peter.N. · 14th Jun 2016, 11:56 am

I have a VHS video of 'Home made car' and remember most of the films as we were watching them every day. As a result of 'Evoluon' if that's how you spell it, we went to see it a couple of times when we were visiting friends in Holland, its now apparantly a conference centre.

Peter

ms660 · 14th Jun 2016, 12:03 pm

I also visited Evoluon as a teenager whilst we were staying in Eindhoven with some wartime underground resistance folks.

Lawrence.

Restoration73 · 14th Jun 2016, 1:22 pm

I actually have a 16mm copy of "The Shadow of Progress".
Evoluon was a wonderful film too;
http://www.dse.nl/~evoluon/coffee.htm

vidjoman · 14th Jun 2016, 1:24 pm

Skyhook, Giuseppina and The Home-Made Car are on a BFI DVD/Blu-Ray Disc with Lunch Hour, staring Shirly Anne Field. All films by James Hill.

greg_simons · 14th Jun 2016, 3:53 pm

I have this bluray disc and can say it's a stunningly crisp copy that looks like it was shot yesterday, well recommended to buy.
have to say Jerome escapes me, perhaps it wasn't shown in our region.
Greg.

12th Jun 2016, 9:08 pm	#1
ms660 Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 13,454	Jerome!! Some of you older TV techs might remember that name from the earlier days of BBC colour, can you guess? If you think you're correct then the link below will confirm. No cheating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6rWgEMb-9k Lawrence.

12th Jun 2016, 11:35 pm	#2
Peter.N. Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Charmouth, Dorset, UK. Posts: 3,601	Re: Jerome!! Don't remember that one. Peter

13th Jun 2016, 9:17 am	#3
stevehertz Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK. Posts: 8,839	Re: Jerome!! If it was used as a trade test for colour sets lets hope that most were better than the one in the youtube video! __________________ A digital radio is the latest thing, but a vintage wireless is forever..

13th Jun 2016, 9:51 am	#4
ms660 Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 13,454	Re: Jerome!! It was a good film, what you have seen is probably a copy of a copy done on some crappy VHS machine. All the trade test films were good, there were quite a few of them back in the day but not many are available online., maybe three or so on Utube. EDIT: Here's a link to the test films shown: http://www.bvws.org.uk/405alive/info...radefilms.html Lawrence. Last edited by ms660; 13th Jun 2016 at 9:56 am.

14th Jun 2016, 9:00 am	#5
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: Jerome!! I have no recollection of this film as a BBC2 colour test film. Most odd, I watched them all every day from 1967 and still know them as if it was yesterday. I think it may have been broadcast from another region as many of the films listed were not shown in the London Area. J.

14th Jun 2016, 9:08 am	#6
ms660 Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 13,454	Re: Jerome!! That's interesting, the Atlantic Parks film was broadcast in the North West for sure when I was working in the trade in that area. Lawrence.

14th Jun 2016, 10:10 am	#7
Vintage Engr Heptode Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. Posts: 847	Re: Jerome!! I was also there from the start of the BBC2 trade tests in the London area, & I also don't recall that one! Some of my favourites were: Home made car. Absolutely brilliant. S.I.D.E. An electrical safety film, S Switch off. I Isolate. D Dump, E Earth. The brilliant cartoon made by Mullard (I think) about how to set up & de-gauss a CTV. The de-gaussing coil looked like an electric toilet seat! Strangely, the one we had at Rediffusion, was wooden, painted green, & looked as if it had come from a Victorian privy. Those were the days! Dave.

14th Jun 2016, 10:37 am	#8
ms660 Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 13,454	Re: Jerome!! Yes, Home Made Car was shown in the North West, also the ones about the Kariba Dam, Giuseppeno, S.I.D.E and several others. Lawrence.

14th Jun 2016, 11:44 am	#9
Panrock Nonode Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 2,535	Re: Jerome!! I well remember "Jerome"". My first job at the BBC in 1969 after leaving school was as a Technical Assistant. I had to put out the trade test films in Network Control Two and play the test card music on a huge Leevers Rich. Once the films were faded up, there was often time to watch them or chew the cud with workmates. There were just two RBM colour monitors in the control room and many a happy hour was spent trying to make them match. Steve __________________ https://www.radiocraft.co.uk

14th Jun 2016, 11:55 am	#10
ms660 Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 13,454	Re: Jerome!! Ah, I'm not alone then, when the woman called for Jerome all the lads in the workshop would shout "Jerome Jerome, where the are you" Lawrence.

14th Jun 2016, 11:56 am	#11
Peter.N. Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Charmouth, Dorset, UK. Posts: 3,601	Re: Jerome!! I have a VHS video of 'Home made car' and remember most of the films as we were watching them every day. As a result of 'Evoluon' if that's how you spell it, we went to see it a couple of times when we were visiting friends in Holland, its now apparantly a conference centre. Peter

14th Jun 2016, 12:03 pm	#12
ms660 Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 13,454	Re: Jerome!! I also visited Evoluon as a teenager whilst we were staying in Eindhoven with some wartime underground resistance folks. Lawrence.

14th Jun 2016, 1:22 pm	#13
Restoration73 Nonode Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Surbiton, SW London, UK. Posts: 2,801	Re: Jerome!! I actually have a 16mm copy of "The Shadow of Progress". Evoluon was a wonderful film too; http://www.dse.nl/~evoluon/coffee.htm

14th Jun 2016, 1:24 pm	#14
vidjoman Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: East Sussex, UK. Posts: 3,327	Re: Jerome!! Skyhook, Giuseppina and The Home-Made Car are on a BFI DVD/Blu-Ray Disc with Lunch Hour, staring Shirly Anne Field. All films by James Hill.

14th Jun 2016, 3:53 pm	#15
greg_simons Octode Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Evesham, Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 1,423	Re: Jerome!! I have this bluray disc and can say it's a stunningly crisp copy that looks like it was shot yesterday, well recommended to buy. have to say Jerome escapes me, perhaps it wasn't shown in our region. Greg.