TeleTales #7…For Queen And Country, But Not On A Dare
I get queeze just looking at this, and we only see about half of what looks to be about a 40 foot platform without a rope or rail in site. This is CBC cameraman in Halifax, Nova Scotia covering the 1959 royal visit from Queen Elizabeth. Enjoy and share, but don’t tell OSHA. -Bobby Ellerbee
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Just the thought of, how did they get that camera up there, makes me cringe.
“No one was harmed in the production of this television broadcast”
The CBC-TV website has a great digital archive, showing coverage of both Queen Elizabeth II, and President Eisenhower as they dedicated the St. Lawrence Seaway System in Montreal in 1959.
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/society/the-monarchy/canadas-new-queen/queen-opens-st-lawrence-seaway.html
I’m weak in the knee’s just looking at it!
safety chains and harnesses…only the Americans need those kinds of crutches, eh?!
An RCA, not a Marconi?
CBC used mostly RCA cameras at that time. In the late 1960s, some of their colour NTSC cameras were Philips (not Norelco) cameras. CBHT was the main CBC station in the Maritimes.
Don’t think OSHA cares what happens north of the border.
Yes, as a federally regulated organization in Canada The CBC would have had to deal with Labour Canada on this.
The ladder looks a bit sketchy too!! His camera cable is, however, wrapped securely around the post!!!
I don’t know what’s worse – manning the camera, or hauling it up there.
I want a rail around it or I ain’t going up! 🙂
And he’s wearing a proper jacket. Gotta look good when you are defying death.
Back when you TV slobs actually dressed like gentlemen 🙂