Photos by James French, no reproduction without permission.
The photos were taken during a recording of Superstars in Nottingham in 1983. This was a London production, but used Pebble Mill scanners, if the recording was in the Midlands and a PM truck was available – in this case CM1.
Crew 3 was on CM1 at the time. The cameras are Philips LDK 5s with Schneider lenses.
The pics show:
Dave Ballantyne sitting on the Elemac dolly with, I think, George Stevenson tracking him.
Dave again, sitting on a Vinten Kestrel crane (though you can’t see it)
Dave again, Bob Meikle and Eric Wise relaxing at lunchtime
James French, standing on the platform of the Moonshot hoist, shown in the last pic.
Crew 3’s Supervisor was Keith Salmon but he was on leave, so Dave B was acting.
Thanks to James French for sharing the photos.
Thanks for posting these. I wasn’t on this particular gig myself, but they capture the great fun of OBs at the time. Enough time and people to get the job done well. We are a little tight on both these nowadays.