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

[C. Park Seward]

Boy, you would sure think so. Maybe they hadn't converted all their  
machines. You can bet they were using Ampex machines.

Best,
Park

C. Park Seward
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On Jul 18, 2009, at 1:27 PM, 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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