14-05-2023, 02:56 PM
(02-03-2023, 06:55 PM)W. Knight Wrote: VCRBase in Hong Kong found the breakdown caption used during ATV’s infamous studio fire in 1987. The fire put a halt to all the operations in the station, to the point that their competitor, TVB, offered them offices and equipment to keep broadcasting.Facebook image links acting up as always, here's the original post in traditional Chinese:
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The archive group recently unearthed some holding slides for RTV 1, the Rediffusion-owned predecessor to ATV Home, circa 1977-78 (by the TV drama titles shown here):
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From first to last picture:
[*]Cantonese B&W films,
[*]Mandarin B&W films,
[*]Operation Manhunt (dir. Johnny Mak, the mastermind behind a lot of RTV/ATV drama classics),
[*]The Three Brothers (a Cantonese sitcom from 1977-78),
[*]Big Cases (Chinese direct translation, part of RTV's true crime drama series from early 70s),
[*]and Selected Movies
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