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4th Mar 2008, 4:22 am | #1 |
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"Vera Drake". Radio/TV identification.
I wonder if members can identify these three vintage items from a film entitled Vera Drake. The film was made in 2004, but was screened on SBS TV here in Australia a few nights agoon SBS (The multicultural TV channel here in Australia).
The tall timber radio is I think a Cossor 375U, but what about the TV and the smaller radio in the screen shots below. The film is set in Britain in 1950. The family with the Cossor was not well-to-do so I guess still having the Cossor is plausible. Peter |
5th Mar 2008, 5:39 am | #2 |
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Re: Radio/TV identification
The smaller radio on the mantel piece looks like a Pilot perhaps
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5th Mar 2008, 9:41 am | #3 |
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Re: Radio/TV identification
More like an Emerson than anything to me, but they made hundreds upon hundreds of models and there were quite a few smaller companies producing sets of similar appearance. The Emerson here http://www.radiotiques.com/whatsnew.asp definitely isn't the model in the screenshot, but is the closest to it turned up by a quick trawl of images - the square dial with large black pointer does much resemble some Emersons I've seen.
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5th Mar 2008, 10:01 am | #4 |
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Re: Radio/TV identification
The Tv has a Sobel or slightly Phillips look about it ?
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5th Mar 2008, 1:00 pm | #5 |
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Re: Radio/TV identification
The TV looks like a TV/radio console combination. Was that common in the early days?
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5th Mar 2008, 2:14 pm | #6 | |
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Re: Radio/TV identification
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1920s: Crystal set 1930s-40s: Rented valve TRF or superhet, often using batteries 1950s: Purchased 5 valve wooden superhet 1960s: Purchased transistor portable Remember that there was very little UK domestic radio production in the 1940s, at first because of the war effort and later because of the 'export or die' emphasis on foreign markets. It was quite unusual for even lower middle class people to own more than one radio before the 60s. Paul |
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5th Mar 2008, 5:21 pm | #7 |
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Re: Radio/TV identification
I agree it looks a little odd for the period, there were some combination types which also even included a record player in the late 50s (notably by Ekco), but the earlier combination types were like giant sideboards. This one appears to have 'chrome' faced knobs which surely didn't arrive until the 1960s. Perhaps a home made cabinet or foreign type?
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5th Mar 2008, 6:44 pm | #8 |
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Re: Radio/TV identification
Tvs with built in radios were available from the 30s untill the present , though after the 60s probably mostly in portables . late 50s onwards they were often only VHF
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6th Mar 2008, 9:58 pm | #9 |
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Re: Radio/TV identification
Just saw a trailer for a rerun of this tonight on one of the cable channels ( 9pm I think ??) If anyone can record it ? A.
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6th Mar 2008, 11:32 pm | #10 | ||
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A very moving film, though extremely bleak, even by Mike Leigh standards. The period feel is very impressive. Quote:
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28th Mar 2011, 8:56 pm | #11 |
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Vera Drake TV ident
I know there was a thread on this a couple of years ago, but the results were inconclusive.
( https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ght=Vera+Drake ) Anyone see this film last night? period detail looked very good to me (although I wasn't around in 1950!) Anyone ID the TV? Andy EI3HG |
28th Mar 2011, 10:41 pm | #12 |
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Re: Vera Drake TV ident
Its a GEC BT9144 of 1949
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