Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was just reading a story about the fall of Saigon, and Correspondent Bob Simon tells of the fall of Saigon that they had footage that they wanted to get somewhere that could satellite it to the states. The nearest place apparently was the Phillipines. http://tinyurl.com/29er8 Interesting story Sonny On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:56:50 -0600, Sonny Carter wrote > Sorry Rolfe, you lose. The time from shoot to air in those days > from the Saigon Bureau was two days. Sixty Minutes was the first > real TV News Magazine because they insisted on timely presentation. > > I wasn't there, but have know a few News shooters who worked there. > It only takes 30 minutes from dry to dry to run Ektachrome though, > and even if they were shooting color neg, we're still talking under > two hours to get a print. > > I'm pretty sure they ahd a film processor in the Saigon Bureau, and > if the piece were being voiced by Ed, he would have probably > assembled the entire package before it went to the states. It is > possible that he sent the tracks along with the film. We usta cut > voice-overs on the sound-on-film so the ambience would match the > stand-ups. > > Sonny > > > Marc, > > > > With all due respect, this is just a load of crap. > > > > Let's see, the film needed to get back to Saigon, then flown out to > > Hong Kong or Tokyo for processing. > > > > Then on to New York for editing and scripting, a process that > > normally takes several weeks, certainly it did during the period in > > question. Then the finished piece had to be slotted into a broadcast, > > probably not the very next one either. > > > > I'd guess six weeks minimum between when the film was shot and when > > it showed up on Sixty Minutes, and it was probably a lot longer than > > that. > > > > Rolfe > > > > -- > > Rolfe Tessem > > Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. > > rolfe@ldp.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html