This footage was often staged as cameras were large and bulky until the introduction of small, portable motion picture cameras during World War II . The situation changed dramatically with the Vietnam War when networks from around the world sent cameramen with portable cameras and correspondents.
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The first was the introduction of a cable radio station,'Greenwich Sound', which operated from a third garage which the TV station had used as a store, and the second was the introduction of a breakfast TV service using early colour portable cameras, which pre-dated BBC Breakfast by a week.
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He built a portable camera obscura that let him make silhouette portraits in less than 15 minutes . ( He charged 20 cents apiece for them . ) He experimented with a wind-powered gristmill, a washing machine, a corn sheller, a fire alarm, a rope-making machine, and a camera.
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_Easily portable cameras and satellite trucks make it possible for every local television station as well as every network and cable news division to send a reporter, decked out in the latest rain gear, to the nearest beach to capture the sights and sounds of lashing wind and turbulent surf.
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New broadcasting technology ( smaller portable cameras and more nimble and versatile mobile units that made it easier to cover unfolding news events ) had recently been acquired by area TV stations, so Hearst and the Harrises were able to watch the televised siege live from their hotel room in Anaheim.
