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BBC sound effects 1940–86

In 2018, the BBC made freely available for non-commercial use around 16,000 of its sound effects recordings. A few hundred come from known locations around the UK, and most of those have been presented here in a sound map. All recordings © BBC.

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NORTH YORKSHIRE

Selby ship launch 1  3:21

BBC DESCRIPTION: Ship launch: 3,200 tons, sideways, before launch, Yorkshire crowd, close perspective. Rec. Cochrane's shipyard. Selby, July 1985.

Selby ship launch 2  2:52

BBC DESCRIPTION: Ship launch: 3,200 tons, sideways, bottle breaks, men hammer at props, cheers as boat begins to move, hits water at 1'43", 3 cheers.

Whitby foghorn 1  0:25

BBC DESCRIPTION: Whitby lighthouse's foghorn sounding. Elliptical horn, c. 1950s, distant perspective.

Whitby foghorn 2  0:22

BBC DESCRIPTION: Whitby lighthouse's foghorn sounding. Elliptical horn, c. 1950s, close perspective.