[QuadList] JFK Fifty Years Later--Were any QuadList members working in TV that day?--Have you handled any materials from then?

[Steve White]

Great questions, Ted.  I don't have much to add, technically, but...

It was a long weekend.

Friday, I was in the studio at WTTG (Channel 5 in DC) taking down the 
news set, when someone upstairs barked out over the intercom, "Put it 
back up.  Kennedy's been shot."

That night, two of us waited with a hot camera out on Wisconsin Avenue, 
having heard a rumor his body would be taken to Bethesda Naval Hospital.

The next day was my 23rd birthday.

Sunday, I was working the video console, watching the pool feed, when 
Jack Ruby shot Oswald.  My immediate reaction was to punch the intercom 
down to videotape and ask, "Did you get that?"  The answer was yes.

By the next day, what had taken a year to plan (television coverage of 
his inauguration) had all been reassembled to cover his funeral.  I'll 
add some of the bits & pieces I recall about that in a later posting.

Steve







On 11/21/13 2:30 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:
>
>
> It seems hard to believe that the television coverage that had many of 
> us riveted to the screen happened 50 years ago tomorrow.
>
> Some folks on the list could have been working in network or local 
> broadcast settings on that day, and it would be great to learn more 
> about what they did---and thought---as they were doing their jobs.
>
> I know that QuadList member Harold Deppe, Sr. was at CBS in NYC at the 
> time.
>
>     Although not in Videotape, Harold Sr. would have had a unique view
>     of how the network handled the day and those that followed.  (I
>     think this would have been from the Grand Central Station
>     facilities, since the Broadcast Center on W. 57th St. had a 1964
>     debut.  Clarifications about what happened from where would be good.)
>
>
> Perhaps there are others that you know of who are still able to recall 
> details?
>
> If you've handled JFK materials, it would be interesting to know what 
> you observed as you played them, such as technical considerations and 
> logistics of the times.
>
> If any of the materials you've transferred are airing in productions 
> to be seen over the next few days, or are available on-line, please 
> include links.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ted
>
> Ted Langdell
> (530) 301-2931
> ted at quadvideotapegroup.com <mailto:ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>
> Secretary for the _QuadVideotapeGroup.com_ 
> <http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/>:
> Preserving Tape, Equipment and the Knowledge to use them, in 
> conjunction with the Library of Congress
>
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________
> Please trim posts to relevant info when replying.
>
> Change subject to reflect thread direction. Thanks.
> _______________________________________________
>
> Send QuadList list posts to QuadList at quadvideotapegroup.com
> Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:
> http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://quadvideotapegroup.com/pipermail/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com/attachments/20131121/b4cd0ab9/attachment-0004.html>