Comments on: Chronicling History with the TV News Camera

By: dave little

dave little — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 19:03:28 +0000

do you have any footage of muhamamd ali/cassius clay this is for an upcoming documentary

By: Quentin Hall

Quentin Hall — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:14:44 +0000

Great to see some of this footage again. Was Perth that stripped of trees in the 1960’s and 1970’s. I always thought it was hot going into Perth in those days!

It’s probably time that I handed over some of the equipment that my father, Tom Hall used in his time. I’ve the original studio TVW video camera tube which gave Perth it’s first images over the TV. Sorry TVW – you don’t have the original one and a few other things in regards to film cameras. I would rather these were seen by others and not just sitting in a cupboard here with me. They “aren’t for sale” but for permanent loan to Perth historical archives.

Quentin Hall

By: Ron Frank

Ron Frank — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:08:59 +0000

Ken you are doing a great job so I would like to remind you that there were some great back room men that have been missed.
David Gordon the stills photographer who is still alive and living at the same address. Steve Thompson was his assistant.
Ken Kemp who was head hunter by JC from the state ships to coordinate the stores and purchasing departments. Ken was a hard headed company man who gave the TVW group many successes. I know as he was a customer of mine and always drove a hard bargin of the sole Benifit of the company
John Quick who was heavily involved with the electronic engineering that kept the station on the air and of course there was Jan who looked after the houston Fearless film processing machine and also we forgot the real man in Ray Irvine.
Unfortunately as we age we forget names and things so I will close with this statement.O
Whilst Jimmy Curthers ran the show it was one big happy family and as a supplier it was always a pleasure to serve the many diverse requirements that TVW had.
Good luck with your efforts
Ron Frank retiring President AMMPT western region and for the record Governing Director Caera Electronic Service Co. pty lt

By: Bill MEACHAM

Bill MEACHAM — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:28:30 +0000

Hi Ken thanks for clips re TVW History. Must mention whilst I was Head Cine we made a lot of overseas docos//1. The Seychelles Coup.2 Fragile
Handle with Care (looking into the 1980’s and what the experts tell us
about the future)3. The Drug Problem in Thailand(AT HIS MAJESTYS PLEASURE” 4. With Margaret Gardiner MISS UNIVERSE telling TVW about her
country, Keith Mackenzie and I and Syd Donoovan made many docos in South
Africa. Thats what I liked abour Sir James hes was game to let the world
know that TVW was the best, I have some VHS COPIES of some of the docos.
Good Work Ken well done ..Regards Bill MEACHAM

By: ken

ken — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:25:43 +0000

Thank you Harry for the kind words…

It was remiss of me to not point out that the quality film transfer was kindly provided by you and your happy face and most helpful services will be very much missed since your move to New Zealand.

Though your new location does seem like a little piece of heaven not only from a scenery point of view but the lack of flies and mosquitoes and the opportunity to enjoy moderate temperatures.

By: Harry Smith

Harry Smith — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:08:27 +0000

Thanks again Ken for another of your excellent stories.
Your endless efforts to keep our memories alive and endeavouring to record the history of our time is greatly appreciated by us all. Hopefully the younger generation will thank you in future years for creating this excellent record of Western Australia’s television history.
Knowing some of the names you mention and having also worked alongside and with Peter Goodall on many projects in the past, it brings back lots of memories.
Thanks again Ken, keep up the great work.
Harry Smith.
Past Vice President AMMPT.