The Orchestra and Its Instruments
- Genre
- documentary television program
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A host talks about the instruments in a symphony orchestra. Each episode focuses on a different instrument.
educationalinformativehistoricalnostalgicdryfactualslow-paced
What happens
The Orchestra and Its Instruments is a British television programme that aired in 1937 on the BBC. It was one of the earliest documentary series produced for British television. The Orchestra debuted on 5 January 1937, hosted by Philip Thornton. The series discussed the different instruments of a symphony orchestra. It aired in a 20-minute time-slot. The series is lost, as it aired live, and methods to record live television did not exist until late 1947, and were used very rarely by the BBC until the mid-1950s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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