Evening star., 1953-08-23
Use Of -Four Cameras
To Bring N Fans
Football CIoseups
BY the Assoeia.sd Pres,

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-The
parlor football fan will see 38
teams in action on the college
television program this fall, and
his seat will be better than ever.
Actually he'll have four seats
two on the 50-yard line, one
on the 20 and another in the
end zone. Without getting out
of his rocker, he will be able to
jump from one seat to another
to get the best view of a develop
Ing play.
Thomas S. Gallery, sports di-
rector Of the National Broad
casting Co., which will televise
the games, disclosed details to-
day of the SO million operation.
Gallery said four cameras would
be used, which surpasses any
thing NBC has done so far.
TelephOto Lens Used.
Two of the cameras are placed
on the press box on the 50-yard
line. A third is on the 20 and
the fourth is located in the end
zone. One of the cameras is
equipped with a 40-inch tele-
photo lens which pushes the
viewer right up into the huddle.
Here is the years program:
September 10, Nebraska VS..
Oregon at Lincoln, Neb.
September 26, Dartmouth VS..
Holy Cross at Lynn, Mass.
October 8, California VS.. Ohio
State at Berkeley, Calf.
October 10. Texas VS.. Okla
homa at Dallas.
October II, Alabama VS.. Ten
nesSee at Birmingham, Ala.
October "a panorama a.,
Princeton-Cornell, Arkansas
Mississippi, Illinois-Syracuse,
1owa-Indiana.
October 81. Minnesota VS..
Pittsburgh at Minneapolis.
November 7 (panorama) Flor
ida-Georgia, South Carolina
North Carolina, Northwestern
Wisconsin, Kansas-Kansas State.
November IA. Michigan State
VS.. Michigan at East Lansing,
Mich.
November 81. Southern CAL
ifornia VS.. UCLA at Los Angeles.
November 26. Utah VS.. Brig
ham Young at Salt Lake City.
November %, Army VS.. Navy
at Philadelphia.
December 5. Notre Dame VS..
Southern Methodist at South
Bend. Ind.
COverage RehearSed.
Coverage of these games will
not be just a Slap-dash affair
but will be organized and re-
hearsed like the most intricate
play or similar TV production,
Gallery said. n
The director quite literally
must be a grandstand quarter
back" the sports director said.
Sitting in the mobile unit con-
troll room, he watches monitors
which show the picture each
camera is getting at that mo-
mert.
He must anticipate what play
the offensive team is likely to
call and must call his camera
shot accordingly. If, for instance,
he used too tight a lens on a
pass play, he would lose the ball
on his screen"
Technical crews of the NBC
began their spring practice" as
far back as last May. One of the
big problems was arranging lines
to tie the 81 stations into a coast
forecast hookup.
80 Million May See Games.
Television audiences are, at
best, a vague guess but Gallery
claims that 80 million people will
see the games each week.
Because of the scattered ma
ture of the gameS-each of the
Nations eight geographical dis
trictS gets at least one-there is
not always a station on hand
from which the game of the week
may be beamed. In these in
stances, the feet of mobile units
from New York are sent into
action. These units take off early
in the week and arrive at the
site at least by Thursday.
BY Friday all the equipment
has been set up. On Saturday
morning there is a complete re-
hearsal.
The announcing this year will
be handled by Mel Allen and
Lindsey Nelson.