The B B C's Contribution to the War

It takes a while for the b b c to really come into its own as a news operation. By 19 forty four, what you have with d day is a culmination of the bb c's news ability. It had to develop ways of recording on the spot. Before the war, recording was and even in the early years of the war,. recording was on big, cumbersome trucks. And what the babishe had to develop was small, portable recording devices that individual war correspondents could lug around with them. They were able to report vividly and up to date. People knew e what was happening. It was what was needed.