The 1948 Olympics | Behind the scenes at the Austerity Games
The BBC Broadcasting Centre for the 1948 Olympics.
TAKEN
IN
1948
Royal Park to provide accommodation for Olympic competitors.
'May the weather be fine, the events well contested and may records be broken.'
TV announces a new era of comfort for crews and better pictures for viewers
Robert Jackson Robinson meets the Royal Family.
The indomitable cycling champion recalls the 1948 Olympics.
Stuart MacPherson recalls the 'Austerity Games' of 1948.
Exciting times for the new BBC television service.
The faces behind the voices commentating on the Olympic Games.

How the BBC televised the Games.
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