Newsreel Cameraman Les Thomsen has left us. The above video is from a 2006 SFBAPPA meeting at his house, where he and other old timers discussed the early history of the club. Afterwards he gave a tour of his house – the basement is a museum of equipment used in movies, early television, and newsreels and includes a 29 seat theater, where he showed some early newsreels.
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Cyndy Green
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Freelance videojournalist with a passion for visual storytelling.
Background: 28 years TV news camera/editor/live truck operator; 10 years teaching high school broadcasting, multimedia, English; currently working on co-authoring a book (The Basics of Videojournalism) with Larry Nance.
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November 16, 2010 at 1:28 am
cyndygreen
Forgive the size of the video…from an old tape most likely shot on an old mini-dv camera. Final Cut Express compressed it for some reason.