Colour Strike Colour Strike The Colour Strike was an industrial action by technicians at all ITV companies from 13 November 1970 to 8 February 1971 (although some shows made during this period in black and white were having their first transmission as late as December 1971) who, due to a pay dispute with their management, refused to work with colour television equipment. At that time ITV had recently switched to colour transmissions, requiring the individual companies to invest heavily in new equipment. Early colour television studio cameras consisted of four tubes to relay the picture: three were receptive to colour (red, green
Königsberg Colour-head Tumbler Königsberg Colour-head Tumbler The Königsberg Colour-head Tumbler () is a breed of fancy pigeon developed in the mid-18th century in Königsberg, East Prussia, from which it gets its German name. This breed of pigeon is well known in Russia because Königsberg is now a part of Russia, and is known as Kaliningrad. The Königsberg Colour-head comes in the colours black, red, white, yellow, and blue. Their rudders and heads can be of any of the above colours. Conformance standards for this breed require perfect body posture and high carriage. They are mostly kept as fancy (show) pigeons, but with regular