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<font face="Tahoma">Remembering Coverage of the Funeral<br>
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- It was smooth, and as sophisticated as coverage of the
inauguration had been little more than 1,000 days earlier.<br>
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- In hours, crews began to converge on DC from across the country.<br>
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- In less than three days, dozens of camera platforms were put in
place across DC and Virginia.<br>
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- From Wikipedia:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Those who watched the funeral on
television were the only ones who saw the ceremony in its
entirety. The three networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, used at least
50 cameras for the joint coverage in order to allow viewers to
follow the proceedings in their entirety from the Capitol to
Arlington. In addition, the networks' Washington bureau chiefs
(Bob Fleming at ABC, Bill Monroe at NBC, and Bill Small at CBS)
moved correspondents and cameras to keep them ahead of the
cortège.</blockquote>
- Not so sure about moving cameras, but almost...<br>
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- Taylor & Hobson sent a number of new (expensive) </font><font
face="Tahoma">zoom </font><font face="Tahoma">lenses addressed
simply to Pool Coverage (or something similar) to be picked up at
DCA. The story is there was no paperwork, just a simple phone
call...possibly originated by T&H.<br>
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- Despite this effort, there still were not enough zoom lenses to
go around. As soon as the procession passed a camera platform,
its zoom lens was removed, hustled down to street level, and given
police escort to another camera along the route.<br>
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- Crews literally ran out of coax. Shelves were emptied across
the region. I am told that at least one camera crew had to set up
a microwave hop down a blocked-off sidewalk to reach their
destination. <br>
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- My roommate was director at the truck waiting outside the White
House gate. He is reported to have called back to the station,
"Take me. I got a bunch of Kings headed my way."<br>
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It was emotional then. Even more so now.<br>
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Steve <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/21/13 2:30 PM, Ted Langdell
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<div>It seems hard to believe that the television coverage that
had many of us riveted to the screen happened 50 years ago
tomorrow.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>I know that QuadList member Harold Deppe, Sr. was at CBS in
NYC at the time. </div>
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<div>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.)</div>
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<div>Perhaps there are others that you know of who are still able
to recall details?</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
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