[QuadList] Cronkite's first half-hour newscast... count the tape roll ins

Guy Spiller quadruplex at verizon.net
Sat Jul 18 15:31:35 CDT 2009


I would not be surprised if the film commercials were rolled directly 
from the film chain...so lock would not be an issue.
Guy

Ted Langdell wrote:
> True enough about monitors and sets.
>
> This is from September 1962... so the question would be... did CBS, 
> NYC have Intersync on playback machines at that time?  The Geritol 
> spot also rolls when taken.
>
> Intersync was introduced at the SMPTE conference in April, 1960.
>
>
> On Jul 18, 2009, at 12:22 PM, C. Park Seward wrote:
>
>> Ted,
>>
>> We see quad breakup AND helical. Live, the switch didn't appear that 
>> bad since monitors would lock quickly to the new sync. You can see a 
>> little squiggle right after the switch and then the quad would lock. 
>> The helical dub recording continues to roll.
>>
>> Interesting that the commercials were V-locked!
>>
>> At that time, the only was to lock a remote was to adjust the crystal 
>> sync standard to match the network. But hey, what's a little roll...
>>
>> Best,
>> Park
>>
>> C. Park Seward
>> Visit us: http://www.videopark.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 18, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Ted Langdell wrote:
>>
>>> Quite a few tape roll ins or remote switches that were not liked by 
>>> the Quad machine recording the first half-hour network newscast.
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcdpYMfY5iE
>>>
>>> The Kennedy interview is a live to tape series of segments scattered 
>>> through the broadcast, and the Dan Rather piece is either a tape 
>>> roll-in or a live switch to a feed of a film-based report from a 
>>> remote location that wasn't synced to the network.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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