[QuadList] Link to film/video clips re: David C's reply to"Park's at Penn State--where it's very snowy"
Dennis Degan
DennyD1 at verizon.net
Fri Nov 4 11:38:30 CDT 2011
On Nov 4, 2011, at 10:30 AM, David Crosthwait wrote:
> Likewise, engineering had the TCR's running in top shape for this
important part of the broadcast. It may be hard to believe, but when
that TCR rolled (2 second pre-roll) and was taken (placed on air),
that one single TCR and it's head, playing that cart, was going to
millions of viewers in the U.S. Talk about reliance on something going
right! And that is why two machines were gang-rolled just in case
something did go wrong and the backup had to be placed on air (rare).
I add:
And here are the 6 TCR's in New York involved in this endeavor, shown
in 1976 and 1978:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515356897/>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515357017/>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515329694/>
TCR machines 31 & 32 seemed to do the bulk of the work:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515329586/>
Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
NBC Today Show, New York
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