And then there was that drum printer sort of thing that sent pictures from
NBC News in New York.
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My first commerical TV job was shooting newsfilm.
(for many of you, that's how the news got on the air in the olden days. We
had a camera that was powered by a wind-up spring. you put 16mm wide film in
it, and took it back to the station to have it processed in a big machine.
On special occasions, we would check out the one sound-on camera.)
As a part of our jobs, we all had to take the wire photos, stick them to
black cardboard, and "colorize" them using transparent magic markers. (There
are so many old terms in that one sentence, that I won't even begin a
description)
The photos were shot by the TV camera during the news. The on-screen results
were remarkably convincing. I don't think anyone was the wiser.
Bill Pearce
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