Help me track down a USSR dish & "Generique" (ident music) ...

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HireMe.geek.nz Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 29 Credit: 286,765 RAC: 0	Message 1403338 - Posted: 15 Aug 2013, 7:07:29 UTC Help me track down a USSR dish & "Generique" (ident music) ... The TELECOM DISH lattice work looks straight out of the Victorian Era -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-vXJFiqarU -- Where in the USSR is this, and who built it? -- Does it still work or has it been recycled? The "Generique" (ident music) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlC5r87t81s -- Years applicable : 1972, 1987 (wow), 1994. -- Someone in the USSR must have composed it, but it is not played in the West. ID: 1403338 ·

Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20	Message 1403549 - Posted: 15 Aug 2013, 18:05:39 UTC - in response to Message 1403338. Help me track down a USSR dish & "Generique" (ident music) ... The TELECOM DISH lattice work looks straight out of the Victorian Era -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-vXJFiqarU -- Where in the USSR is this, and who built it? -- Does it still work or has it been recycled? The "Generique" (ident music) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlC5r87t81s -- Years applicable : 1972, 1987 (wow), 1994. -- Someone in the USSR must have composed it, but it is not played in the West. The longer video appears to be a montage of the opening graphics and theme music for the 9 O'clock News. Probably Moscow State Television. The "Dish" (also shown in the longer "Generique" video) looks like a stylized graphic of a radio telescope or radar antenna, not a real one. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired ID: 1403549 ·

HireMe.geek.nz Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 29 Credit: 286,765 RAC: 0	Message 1412809 - Posted: 8 Sep 2013, 6:19:30 UTC - in response to Message 1403549. ADDENDUM Help me track down a USSR dish & "Generique" (ident music) ... The runtime of the dish in question is at 0:54s. -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlC5r87t81s The dish seems to be real... ID: 1412809 ·

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