CLASSIC NASA! This CBS PC60 is ready for lift off.
On October 13, 2012
- TV History
CLASSIC NASA!
This CBS PC60 is ready for lift off. This is probably around 1967 or ’68 and we are either near the end of Gemini missions or at the start of the Apollo missions. If the top looks odd, it’s because the door on the far side of the camera is open. Notice the custom tilt head which allows the camera to shoot almost straight up. Great days these were! Thanks to John Bisney in Bethesda MD for the photo.
the norelco cameras actually look smaller in photos than it was , compare the body of the camera and the body of the cameraman
love thses classic nasa series
This would have been for either Apollo 4 or 6 which were unmanned Saturn v test flights
Whoever designed the “CBS COLOR” logo did an awesome job!
This would be for a Saturn rocket launch. Definitely Apollo.
The press site is just across the access road from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) where the Apollo Saturn 5 was stacked and later the Space Shuttles. Right next to the VAB is the Launch Control Building. I am at a loss as to why the camera platform is here as opposite to across the road at the press site where the view of the launch would be better. It may be this was also to cover the Saturn roll ot to the pad or something occuring near launch control which the camera could be pointing towards. Also the parking lot is nearly empty, which was not my experience on a launch day or during roll out.
That tilt head looks like one I working at NASA Dryden in the 90s. A beast to mount, but yes, really handy to tilt nearly straight up.
Weird how back then those cars were nothing special. Just a regular prius.
Would the camera setups for a Gemini launch be that close to the VAB? I’m going to guess Apollo coverage.
Norelco PC-70 la 60 es vieja…..usaba dos cables de camara como de dos pulgadas,,jajajajajaja
Dig those cars too!
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