Gemini 5, NBC Operations Coordination Plan: August 1965
On March 7, 2014
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Gemini 5, NBC Operations Coordination Plan: August 1965
This is a fascinating look at what it took to make it all happen. At NBC, 8H was ground zero and all of the NASA and pool feeds came in here via AT&T. Take a look at all of the locations ABC and CBS are pooling from. Of course NBC is feeding the pool too from lots of locations. Remember, this was all pre-satellite days and Ma Bell had to be in the loop weeks ahead of all this. Many thanks to our friend Gady Reinhold for this. Tomorrow, I’ll show you the map of CBS New York studios Gady just sent along with more CBS floor plans and spec sheets from 1960. Enjoy and share!
LOVE this stuff!!!
Gemini 5 Splashdown Day: The networks used for still images from the Lake Champlain something called ‘Videx’. I am guessing it was a radio facsimile transmission device where Polaroid camera shots were taken, peeled off, scanned, and transmitted at probably 50-100 baud. State of the Art over just HF Radio feeds, only used once until Early Bird and Gemini 6/7.