Comments on: Peter Goodall demonstrates News Film equipment

By: Ian McLean

Ian McLean — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 09:02:54 +0000

Great photo of lou Belci in his trademark safari suit. Great memories

By: Ian McLean

Ian McLean — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:56:07 +0000

Hi Peter
This brings back so many memories of my days at TVW. A wonderful collection of photos.

By: Robert Hart

Robert Hart — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 02:47:08 +0000

When I sold the Auricon back to Ch7, they did not want the Pan Cinor zoom lens as illustrated in the still image above but a small Cosmicar prime lens which was regarded as more typical of the type associated with the camera.

I still have the Pan Cinor lens if it is wanted to be donated for the foyer display.

By: BILL MEACHAM

BILL MEACHAM — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:36:21 +0000

Peter..well done good display..one camera I didn’t see ..the 16mm
Canon Scoopic..good histoical material.
Congratulations. My address P.O.BoX 728 Bribie Island Qld 4507

By: Lowell Peterson

Lowell Peterson — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:40:41 +0000

Peter! I traveled with you (and Bill and Harry Butler) in 1967 in the W.A. outback. Found your website on Google, so am dropping a line to catch up.
Have recently put my super 8 films of the trip on dvd, so could send you a copy (and one for Bill if you are in contact).
Is Harry Butler still livingJ? Lots of questions . . . What are you up to? We are well and semi-retired.
Hoping to hear from you.
Cheers,
Lowell

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:21:57 +0000

Very Interesting article Ken. Thanks for that. It left me wondering how much tape they archived, how much tape they transfered to various digital formats, and how much was lost or thrown away. And how they did it. It’s the bane of any T.V. or Radio executive or producer, to find that a perfectly good interview with Joe Blow from 1973 who is now the Leader for the Green Dolphin Party about to win the seat of South of Geraldton, has been lost to the great media archive in the sky, only to be seen again by a passing alien three thousand light years away who was thinking about making Perth his home. He had already downloaded the space-cast of the complete Good Morning Perth series featuring Jenny Seaton. I digress.

I’m sure the old tape developing machine was running 24/7 at times. Do they still have such a lab? Do they do much outsourcing? Aaah, so much lost skill and talent I’m sure. And a new age of media makers. Much lost in the technology transfer? Many ‘old timers’ still in the industry keeping things straight and passing on some of the earlier learned tricks of the trade? I can’t count how many times our then 108 year old radio technician snapped into action with an on-air cart machine or two, while patching me into the new digital on-air systems, almost on and under my lap at times. There are many areas of talent, business and production that come to mind, that may gasp a sigh of relief when a ‘veteran’ presents on set, on cue.

Always nice to see pioneering Perth stories. Capturing light and sound old and new as performed in Perth.

Love it.

Cheers.