No Studio Crane? Try This!

On October 23, 2012 - TV History

August 13, 1950: Hayloft Hoedown

Brand new in March of 1950, here’s real ingenuity at work at WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky. These Dumont 124s are shooting a Saturday night country music show and to get the great high shots without a crane, rolling scaffolding is pretty good alternative. Thanks to Craig Harper for the photo.

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  1. Dennis Degan October 25, 2012

    Looks to me like it’s that knob on the side of the camera. In the turret days, focus was achieved by moving the pickup tube inside the camera back and forth. The knob would be connected to a linkage that moved the tube in relation to the back of the lens, allowing the operator to find focus.