I always found it funny that they showed the American side of the Falls while playing O Canada, and the Canadian side while playing the Star Spangled Banner.
Sam Thomas I always wondered what type of camera that was as a kid that used to scare the s*** out of me that camera at first it didn't but one night when Channel 7 with signing off the air the film messed up and green flashes was going across the TV screen and there was like sound effects and at the end was a loud buzzing sound also I just always wonder what those things were those big Lake Towers were at the end when it signed off too but I realized that was supposed to be the transmitter
Looks like a Bell & Howell "Scout 16" 16mm film motion picture camera...a popular one in the early days of film TV news gathering, along with the bigger Cinema Products CP-16 model.
Living up to the TV code with balanced views of both sides of Niagara Falls. :-)
I always found it funny that they showed the American side of the Falls while playing O Canada, and the Canadian side while playing the Star Spangled Banner.
Based on the NHL scores that are mentioned this sign-off was recorded during the early morning hours of March 31, 1980.
Sam Thomas I always wondered what type of camera that was as a kid that used to scare the s*** out of me that camera at first it didn't but one night when Channel 7 with signing off the air the film messed up and green flashes was going across the TV screen and there was like sound effects and at the end was a loud buzzing sound also I just always wonder what those things were those big Lake Towers were at the end when it signed off too but I realized that was supposed to be the transmitter
Sam Thomas The NHL still had teams in Quebec and Hartford. Teams like the Ducks and Panthers were not even tbought of yet.
Nice bit of detective work, Sam! You are correct...
Looks like a Bell & Howell "Scout 16" 16mm film motion picture camera...a popular one in the early days of film TV news gathering, along with the bigger Cinema Products CP-16 model.
Pretty good detective work, Sam! Your date is correct...
Voices of Clip Smith on the news recap and Brian Kahle on station stats
The late Warren "Clip" Smith.