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A lot of people were shooting 8mm movies at the time, mostly of family 
events, but I'm sure there were plenty of railfans using it.  That's where a 
lot of those vintage steam and early diesel movies come from that are now 
available commercially.  Some were even shooting 16mm with sound.

Sam Putney

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> Andre,

>

> I don't believe any railfans could afford video recording equipment in the 

> 1950s. Most folks in those days were doing good to buy one of those new 

> B&W TV consoles.

>

> Still, I wonder what it would take to get the network to make a copy of 

> the show from their video archives, assuming the footage was recorded and 

> is still playable.

>

> Ron Davis

>

> At 11:11 PM 3/31/2007, you wrote:

>>Anybody unearthed a  tape of this event?

>>

>>Andre Jackson and/or Lisa Burrows

>>Life is short; update your anti-virus software

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>>>The Today show broadcast from Roanoke on May 15-16, 1958. There was

>>>an interview segment with Stuart Saunders standing next to the

>>>Pocahontas, and a filmed (not live) segment riding the cab of the J

>>>between Roanoke and Bedford. There was a two page article in the June

>>>1958 N&W Magazine. pages 344-345.

>>>Having worked in the television business for 11 years, The first

>>>satellite to orbit the earth was Sputnik in October 1957, just about

>>>7 months prior to this broadcast. As I recall, it was capable of

>>>broadcasting a "beep" tone every few seconds during its orbit.

>>>Satellite television broadcasting did not originate until sometime in

>>>1962, when Telstar was launched to become the first television

>>>broadcast satellite. Live broadcasting in those days was a

>>>considerable technical feat with a small scale broadcast truck at the

>>>site. Satellite or microwave broadcasting that is common today was

>>>unheard of in 1958.

>>>Ken Miller

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