Comments on: Me to BBC: you guys rock! http://airminded.org/2006/04/27/me-to-bbc-you-guys-rock/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:42:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/04/27/me-to-bbc-you-guys-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Brett Holman Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:09:22 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/04/27/me-to-bbc-you-guys-rock/#comment-468 Omnibus reply. Chris: I certainly feel that I'm getting my money's worth from the BBC! Considerably more than, in fact ... Dan: I hadn't even thought of it for tracking the changing memory of war, but of course it could be even more interesting to scrape it for that. Jack: thanks, I didn't know about that site. There's not much from my period, about 30 recordings, but three of those are directly related to aviation and a number of the others indirectly so (mainly about Pearl Harbor). So it'll be worth checking back from time to time to see what's new. Omnibus reply.

Chris: I certainly feel that I’m getting my money’s worth from the BBC! Considerably more than, in fact …

Dan: I hadn’t even thought of it for tracking the changing memory of war, but of course it could be even more interesting to scrape it for that.

Jack: thanks, I didn’t know about that site. There’s not much from my period, about 30 recordings, but three of those are directly related to aviation and a number of the others indirectly so (mainly about Pearl Harbor). So it’ll be worth checking back from time to time to see what’s new.

]]> By: Jack http://airminded.org/2006/04/27/me-to-bbc-you-guys-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Jack Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:18:35 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/04/27/me-to-bbc-you-guys-rock/#comment-465 But this should get you into at least some online BBC recording themselves, Brett, although I don't know if they'll go back anything far enough for your period: http://www.spokenword.ac.uk/ I've yet to try it myself, but it sounds like a great project, albeit in development. I'm due to visit Glasgow Caledonian later this year, so I intend to check them out more fully in person. But this should get you into at least some online BBC recording themselves, Brett, although I don’t know if they’ll go back anything far enough for your period: http://www.spokenword.ac.uk/

I’ve yet to try it myself, but it sounds like a great project, albeit in development. I’m due to visit Glasgow Caledonian later this year, so I intend to check them out more fully in person.

]]> By: Dan http://airminded.org/2006/04/27/me-to-bbc-you-guys-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Dan Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:02:46 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/04/27/me-to-bbc-you-guys-rock/#comment-464 Interesting to put in different ways of describing 1914-18 as a measure of when it shifted between being The Great War, The First World War and World War One. Can't wait for the updated version either. Interesting to put in different ways of describing 1914-18 as a measure of when it shifted between being The Great War, The First World War and World War One. Can’t wait for the updated version either.

]]> By: Chris Williams http://airminded.org/2006/04/27/me-to-bbc-you-guys-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Chris Williams Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:59:08 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/04/27/me-to-bbc-you-guys-rock/#comment-463 What a beauty. The BBC's database is a fine thing - I've been lucky enough to have access to it in the past. I seem to remember that the internal version does allow date-based searches, so with luck when they update the front end we'll get hold of that too. Bless you, Auntie. It's nearly enough to make me buy a TV and start paying for it. What a beauty. The BBC’s database is a fine thing – I’ve been lucky enough to have access to it in the past. I seem to remember that the internal version does allow date-based searches, so with luck when they update the front end we’ll get hold of that too.

Bless you, Auntie. It’s nearly enough to make me buy a TV and start paying for it.

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