Just an FYI really, the movie September 5, a gripping account of ABC’s sports team coverage of the kidnapping of members of the Israeli Olympic team in 1972, brings pre digital tech to the foreground as they scramble to do their job. If any Talkers recall video production at that time especially in a studio they’ll get their fill of memories.
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- Supers made by devoting one studio camera to point at an easel holding a printed card.
- Creating slo-motion by hand — rotating the tape reels slowly with your palms.
- Fighting with CBS for the only way to get your video out live — a single satellite channel for the whole world.
I haven’t been able to find the answer to this: How in the world did they re-create that large control room? Is there a museum that stores all that stuff?
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There’s rental agencies for all sorts of historical stuff. I’m sure studio tech fits in somewhere.
- using the fifteen minutes it takes to develop film as an opportunity to vet screening it.
- hardwiring the phone speaker as a sound input.
- using a peg board to assemble the supers
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Tube cameras, 1" video tape, heavy glass CRT monitors, dedicated tube amplifier rooms… good times.