My understanding is that the first motion-picture camera sound blimps (i.e., foam-filled housing attached to a camera which reduces shutter sounds, designed with holes for the lens and viewfinder) began to be used with noisy three-strip Technicolor cameras back in the late ’30s.

Imagine having to work with a blimp of this bulk…it’s nearly the size of a Fiat station wagon.

Notice the date on the clapper next to Peter Ustinov in the below Spartacus snap — 4.15.59 or tax day.

One quick question: Why is CNN refusing to allow viewers to stream a recorded version of last night’s live broadcast of Good Night and Good Luck? Millions no doubt missed it and even some who saw it, I’m guessing, might want to catch it again. You can’t even find scene excerpts on Youtube. What’s the problem exactly?

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