The film we used was 16mm DuPont 931A, processed in a Houston Fearless, the
model number of which I can't remember, although I do remember it jamming a few
times. Those became the "rip-'n-read" nights.
http://home.att.net/~hiwayman/wsb/media/192375/site1174.jpg
And we got fancy and had a rear-screen projector for the stills. Shot the stuff
on Polaroid transparency film, probably about 3 1/2 by 4 inches. I just don't
recall. :-)
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Bill Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
>
>
> And then there was that drum printer sort of thing that sent pictures from
> NBC News in New York.
> >
> 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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