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The Royal Wedding. St. Paul’s Cathedral, 29th July 1981. Commentary by the late Tom Fleming. Divided into 8 parts, this very rare recording was made on a domestic video recorder from the live BBC broadcast. As this was a formal State occasion, funded by the British tax-payer and the broadcast paid for by British Television Licence holders, then there is a powerful moral argument that this recording of mine should belong in the public domain. (I only wrote the above preamble because some commercial enterprise has claimed copyright infringement on my video which I find outrageous under these special circumstances) This recording was made using Memorex VHS video cassettes at a time when domestic VCR’s were very few and far between in the UK Considering the age of these recordings and their linear Mono soundtracks; I think they have stood up rather well. Blank video cassettes were hideously expensive at the time but I am so glad that my original investment has paid off today now that I can share this long past national event with the whole wide world!
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