Footage of the WTMJ-TV news crew setting up for live coverage in Milwaukee of the general election. This segment begins with Bob Sherwood describing the news operation while standing in front of a forty-foot, self-contained remote truck with five color cameras parked behind the Pfister Hotel. It then cuts to audio track of Sherwood detailing how the WTMJ communication technology is synchronized for the election (“being the fastest and most comprehensive coverage in Wisconsin history”) across multiple sets at Journal Square, Studio A, two downtown hotels, and the remote truck. Among the details are about crew numbers involved (thirty-three engineers, forty-three technicians, ten reporters, and ten messengers) and about the remote and master computers “talking” to each other to translate election returns into a visual television picture.
This is the second reel of two; also see SR 474.
| Series: | Special Report and Other Footage |
| Date: | November 7, 1972 |
| Reporter: | Bob Sherwood |
| Film Segment: | 1 |
| Film Reel: | SR475 |
| Duration: | 00:02:10 |
| Soundtrack: | Magnetic |
| B/W or Color: | Color |
| Positive/Negative: | Positive |
| Condition: | Good |
| Script: | No |
| Citation: | [ CREATE A BRIEF TITLE BASED ON SUMMARY PROVIDED ], November 7, 1972, Special Report and Other Footage, Milwaukee Journal Stations Records, Milwaukee Mss Collection 203, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department. |
| Rights: | Copyright © WTMJ-TV |