Analogue Graphics Display…The 1964 Version
With several stories on computer graphics and the like lately, I thought taking a look at how thing were done before all that came along would be fun and I’ll share a few with you this morning.
This is a WHDH Boston Celtics player info box complete with changeable photo cards and a small control box. Thanks to Maureen Carney for the photo. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
This Was Indeed, The Start Of Something BIG! The Roone Arlidge Era This video is from the last episode of ABC’s ‘Wide World Of Sports’ debut season which started April 29, 1961. This clip highlights some firsts in football coverage. This is the first use of a crane camera over the field, microphones on the […]
Re Posting: NBC Sports Video This was posted Wednesday, but the next day the link went dark so here is a new link. Thanks to John Boeddeker, veteran NBC cameraman, here’s a great look behind the scenes of the 2013 Players Championship. This 7 minute clip includes five of the key cameramen on this 60 […]
‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ Debut In case you missed it, you can see the kick off above. HOW ABOUT THAT SET? Cool! It’s huge…tall and rich looking with all that wood. I like the new theme song too! WHAT DO YOU THINK? Source
UPDATE: This 2012 story has a happy ending…the new crane was not able to make the same sharp turns as this crane, so THIS one (tail number 308) was refurbished and returned to service in 8H 6 months later. After some 30+ years, this famous Chapman Electra crane is leaving NBC’s Studio 8H. John Pinto, […]
An old developing tank always worked…along with Press-type.
Reminded me of a clip I was watching the other day of a split-flap display used as a scoreboard in the Eurovision Song Contest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJJbiQ71iEI