[78-L] fwd: Videotape challenge is in the machinery

[David Breneman]

--- On Fri, 8/6/10, Sammy Jones <sjones69 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> The author is describing DuMont Electronicam,
> whereby a 35mm film camera and a video camera shared the
> same optical path.  The control room saw the output on
> TV monitors, and the director called shots based on what he
> saw in the monitors.  There may have been some way to
> record the data on what shot the director called. 

The film was usually cut to conform to a kinescope of the 
live video broadcast.

> To keep this on topic, did Jackie Gleason ever record any
> 78s?  

He recorded for Capitol.  I have several of his recordings
(including "Melancholy Serenade") on yellow-label Capitol
78 promo pressings.