Television Serves Its Community (1960)

[Music] inside a tel station everyone is busy working on programs of entertainment public events and information all programs must be scheduled ahead Sunday afternoon at 1:00 there will be a news Roundup at 2:00 a musical program and at 3 a holiday parade this is the story of these three programs they all be begin with planning Monday 6 days before the musical show the writer meets with the program manager for this Sunday's big number they're planning a POA dance the writer puts their ideas into a script describing sound and picture from the finished script the director plans the actual performance it will be in this studio he plans the dance in a Mountain Village setting starting with a special house further planning is done for the sets the costumes and the music [Music] the program costs are added up and listed in a budget the station itself pays for some programs for others the program manager gets the budget money from a sponsor sponsors use television to advertise their products such as meat the program manager believes The Advertiser will buy the musical program if the price is all right by Wednesday afternoon the planning of the musical show is complete on Thursday the remote truck a television station on Wheels is prepared to cover the holiday parade 3 days before the Sunday show the parade route is checked on a map the Big Color cameras are tested the parade plans and Equipment are ready the news director and staff begin preparing their program on Friday by teletype machine they receive national news with cameramen and reporters they cover local news unexpected emergency events are handled by fast-moving equipment such as this telecopy television unit in the station's film Library background news film is chosen the Sunday news Roundup is almost ready by Friday afternoon the Musical costumes have been fitted in the station's carpenter shop the set is being built [Music] in the studio the PO dance is rehearsed the choreographer is in charge of the dance all the movements are designed by the choreographer to show up well on the television screen he guides the dancers through every step of the rehearsal Saturday afternoon the remote truck leaves for the parade area early Sunday the last check of equipment the crowd and the cameras are ready and waiting at the same moment in the musical show Studio everyone is making final [Applause] [Music] preparations [Music] [Music] the lights are controlled from a booth overlooking the stage the director shows the stop are how to open the show the director helps actors play their parts well next he rehearses the commercial the director controls the rehearsal from the control booth in three ways first by headphone camera sound the camera's all set bill you know how how some sausage is always Rosy fresh second by loudspeaker cut it Tom hold off at the start I don't want you to pick up the package of until you say well and third through an assistant K him again hi you know how reads from a prompter and his voice is picked up by a microphone looks kind of gray that's because it's been his picture enters the camera through the lens is made fresh every day from fresh the cameraman sees the picture on the back of the camera sausage is always Rosy fresh ands their Wild by flipping lenses the camera shows a wider or a closer picture only the best meat goes into this lean juicy sausage just wait till you sizzle the director has special viewers called monitors it's made in our own sausage making establishment only the best Eastern Meat goes into this lean juicy sausage try it tomorrow droy fresh at your store are the dancers ready doar the music also rehearsing are the two cameramen on the control Booth monitors both cameras pictures are seen below the one of them televised at the moment is also seen above the director chooses camera one or camera two by pushing a button take two standby one take one take two a red light shows the camera chosen hold it there one ready one take one about two ready to take two that's it hold it all four now move in while camera 2 shows all four dancers camera one moves in to pick up a pair of them two cameras help keep the program varied and interesting ready one take one ready camera two take two move in one the rehearsal ends the performers get ready for the actual show at the same time in the film room the background news film is put on a movie projector at 1:00 the weekend news Roundup goes on the air this news report is one of the programs paid for by the station as a community service the background film runs in the film room the mov movie projector shines directly into a television camera while the film is on the air the news director gets a flash a house is burning [Music] down the news director alerts the recording room this videotape recorder will record both picture and sound on Magnetic [Music] Tape the telop camera is very small the news program is interrupted and the fire goes directly on the air at the same time it is tape recorded for later news programs in 5 minutes the news will end and the musical will start the last Touch of makeup is applied makeup helps people look natural on the screen the studio lights are warmed up the news program is ending KT TV5 stand by here we go five four 3 2 one and qic Par the star opens the show just as he [Music] rehearsed Engineers keep constant check on the picture and sound from the station the program goes to a transmitter and through the air into people's homes get some and try it tomorrow won't you Rosie fresh at your store the show is almost over the stage is quickly changed for the big number thank you thank you very much Tom now all the planning and rehearsing are put to the [Applause] test move left one ready to two take two flip in one hold a couple ready one and take one and two ready one take one ready two and take two just as the musical ends the parade program begins television is always busy bringing information public events and entertainment to its 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