<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>`<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>On Nov 15, 2012, at 5:25 PM, <a href="mailto:Chill315@aol.com">Chill315@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><div><br></div><div>> I remember some pictures of CBS videotape operation. Did they also have overhead bridges for a lot of accessories and support gear?</div></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I say:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>They did, as did NBC-NY. Unlike the R/T monitor bridges, many of the ones at NBC were hung from the ceiling and were not attached to the VTR's they were placed above:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515355073/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515355073/</a>></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515354951/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515354951/</a>></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Even the TCR-100's had monitor bridges hanging over them:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515356897/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515356897/</a>></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>At CBS, the overbridges were constructed to 'frame' the VTR's:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515364683/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515364683/</a>></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515363869/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515363869/</a>></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515364563/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515364563/</a>></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span> NBC Today Show, New York</div><br></div></div></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>