THE VIDEO SHELF · television history
The Greatest Shot In Television
A one-minute clip from James Burke's 1978 BBC series Connections in which he walks past a Saturn V rocket and a timed take-off happens behind him in a single shot, with no green screen.
Why HN readers recommended it
Held up as an iconic, perfectly timed piece of television whenever Burke or Connections comes up.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- MoonEyes Plays
- Topic
- television history
- Format
- other
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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In a broader context of similar ideas, this is seminal: [LINK] , leading to the totally iconic piece of one shot perfectly timed tv: [VIDEO]
speedbird on Hacker News · 2022-08
In Why no Roman industrial revolution?Ever see the video of a guy walking past a Saturn V (lying in it's side), doing a piece to camera and pointing to the rocket behind him? 'Connections' (1978). [VIDEO]
abulman on Hacker News · 2023-08
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