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Helios Statue in TV Centre White City. In the centre of the main block was a statue designed by T. B. Huxley-Jones of Helios, the Greek god of the sun, to symbolise the radiation of television around the world. At the foot of the statue were two reclining figures, symbolising sound and vision, the components of television. It was originally a ...
White City Place is the name given to the collection of buildings formerly known as BBC Media Village (more commonly simply as White City or W12 within the BBC). White City Place is a collection of six buildings occupying a 17-acre site off Wood Lane , White City in West London , bordered by South Africa Road, Dorando Close and the A40 Westway.
The White City, an "ideal city" constructed for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois White City (Indianapolis) , an amusement in Indiana, 1906–1908 White City (New Orleans) , an amusement park in Louisiana, 1907–1913
Magical Mystery Tour included six tracks, a number that posed a challenge for the Beatles and their UK record company, EMI, as there were too few for an LP album but too many for an EP. [67] One idea considered was to issue an EP that played at 33 ⅓ rpm , but this would have caused a loss of audio fidelity that was deemed unacceptable.
Hour of Mystery is an hour-long UK mystery anthology television series. [1] Donald Wolfit introduced each of the episodes, which were produced by ABC Weekend TV [2] and aired on the ITV network in 1957. [3] [4] [5] Only two of the episodes are known to exist, out of the 20 made. [6]
White City is a district of London, England, in the northern part of Shepherd's Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross. White City is home to Television Centre, White City Place, Westfield London and Loftus Road, the home stadium of Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Among the other rides were the Jitterbug, The Virginia Reel, and The Seaplane Swing. It also had several rollercoasters such as The Sky Blazer, The Racer, The Whirlwind Racer, The White City Flyer, and The Thunderbolt. By 1919, the park, now called Savin Rock Amusement Park, was attracting 1.2 million visitors each year. [8]
Magical Mystery Tour is a 1967 British made-for-television musical film written, produced, directed by, and starring the Beatles.It is the third film that starred the band and depicts a group of people on a coach tour (including the band members) who experience strange happenings caused by magicians (also played by the band as well as road manager Mal Evans).