DX CODE OF CONDUCT – This restored instructional film, attributed to the RSBG Film Unit (circa 1963), outlines a set of provisional guidelines for orderly DX operation.
While presented with the tone and authority of a formal committee circular, the guidance reflects an era of enthusiastic over-regulation, where dignity, restraint and procedure were considered virtues in themselves.
Viewed today, the film reads less as instruction and more as a gentle satire on bureaucracy, operating etiquette, and the tendency of committees to solve complex human behaviour with increasingly elaborate guidance.
Many of the recommendations shown here were later removed.
What remained became known as the DX Code of Conduct 🙂
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