Re: Vintage Radios, TVs etc in films and on TV (not anachronisms)
David, you've highlighted a huge cultural change in the broadcasting industry over that last 25 years- then, the word of the salaried technician/engineer held a lot of sway and a production could be halted and safety remedied on what they said. Now, a great many technical staff are freelance, hired for the day and anxious to do as they're told and not make waves- or they'll be passed over for the next job in favour of someone who "just gets on with it". There may not have been a single "BBC Electrical Engineer" present! It's not good, and there have been individual tragedies involving mis-use of cherry-pickers and the like- but gig working is the new way of the world and everyone's too focussed on the carrot of the next daily payment to stick their neck out and be Mr. Awkward,
Colin
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