TELEVISION COVERAGE OF BASKETBALL

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) TELEVISION COVERAGE OF BASKETBALL: MOBILE TELEVISION CREW IN VAN & TRAILER TRUCK, ARRIVES AT RUPP ARENA, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. IT IS 6:45 AM. FOR NEXT NINE HOURS THEY WILL BE BUSY SETTING UP FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT FOR TELECAST OF BASKETBALL GAME, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY VERSUS ALABAMA 00:01:10 CREW OF SIX JUMP OUT OF VAN, START UNLOADING THE HUGE TRUCK. THEY PULL OUT HUGE CABLES, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, PLUG IT INTO GENERATOR OF TRUCK. OTHER EQUIPMENT IS PUT ON A WHEEL TRUCK AND ROLLED IN 00:02:02 PAN CAMPUS OF UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, MALE, FEMALE COUPLE SIT ON GRASS, STUDY. OTHER STUDENTS PLAY SOCCER. 00:02:18 CU TEACHER SPEAKING TO CLASS OF STUDENTS WHO TAKE NOTES. ZOOM IN ON BLACK MALE STUDENT, BASKETBALL PLAYER, SEATED WITH OTHERS. HE AND ANOTHER BLACK PLAYER WALK CAMPUS, CHAT. A LARGE, "1977" ON HIS 00:02:38 CAMERA CREWS SET UP CAMERA HIGH ABOVE BASKETBALL COURT, NEAR CEILING OF ARENA. CU HAND SPINS HUGE TAPES CREATING WARBLING SOUND. 00:02:49 BASKETBALL PLAYERS IN LOCKER ROOM BEGIN TO DRESS FOR GAME. CU FACE SHOT OF WHITE PLAYER, SAYS, "JUST GETTING READY FOR ALABAMA". JACKET FRONT. CU HE LAYS ON COT, HAS ANKLES BANDAGED BY TRAINER. AS DOES BLACK PLAYER. 00:03:19 CU TV CREWMAN WITH HEAD PHONE, ATTACHES JACKS, FINE TUNES CAMERA UNIT. PLAYERS ON COURT WARM UP, TAKE SHOTS. CU BALLS GOING INTO BASKET. GROUND CREWMAN SPRAY WASHES GLASS BEHIND BASKET, WHICH IS LOWERED TO GROUND LEVEL. 00:03:48 BASKETBALL FANS BEGIN ARRIVING OUTSIDE ARENA. ARENA SEATS 25,000. EVERY SEAT WILL BE FILLED. VIEW INSIDE, WITH FANS TAKING THEIR SEATS, AS SEEN FROM ABOVE. CU FEMALE CHEERLEADERS DOING THEIR THING WITH WHITE POM-POMS. 00:04:00 HIGH ANGLE SHOT TEAMS RUNNING ONTO COURT, FANS CHEERING. CU FEMALE STUDENT CLAPPING, CHEER LEADER SPEAKS THROUGH HUGE MEGAPHONE, COSTUMED STUDENT IN LION COSTUME ENTERTAINS, MAN, WOMAN CLAPPING. CHEER LEADERS DOING ACROBATICS. 00:04:18 REPORTERS SITTING AT TABLE TYPING, "NBC SPORTS" SIGN, IN FRONT OF THEM. 00:04:32 CU VIDEO TAPE ROLLS SPIN IN CONTROL ROOM AS TELEVISION SCREEN DISPLAYS COURT WITH "NBC SPORTS" SUPER-IMPOSED ON SCREEN, ZOOMING OUT OF VIEW. CREW MAN THEIR POSITIONS INSIDE MOBILE STUDIO, WATCH MANY TELEVISION SCREENS. 00:05:02 TEAMS JUMP FOR BALL TO START GAME. VOICE OF ANNOUNCER DOING PLAY-BY-PLAY. CU 2 SPORTSCASTERS, WITH HEADPHONES, EXPLAINING EACH PLAY. CU DIRECTOR IN VAN WITH HEADSET IS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH EVERYONE ON CREW. 00:06:00 CAMERAMAN AT GROUND LEVEL TAKES SHOT OF SPECTACULAR PLAY BY KENTUCKY. CU DIRECTOR SAYING, "HERE'S A REPLAY." CU TELEVISION SCREEN SHOWS REPLAY. 00:06:30 KENTUCKY MAKES ONE LAST BASKET AS GAME ENDS. BASKETBALL FANS RISE, APPLAUD, CHEERLEADERS WITH THEIR POM-POMS. ZOOM IN, OUT BROADCASTER INTERVIEWS KENTUCKY COACH, SIGNS OFF.