
Tina Heath speaks to John Mitchell, a BBC engineer who has fashioned a new video effects system that enables a television picture to be manipulated into a bewildering array of mind-boggling shapes and styles.
John kindly gives his new system its first public demonstration, featuring Simon and Goldie playing with a ball.
Clip taken from Blue Peter, originally broadcast on BBC One, 2 June, 1980.
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