James Burke had only one chance to nail this scene. A clip from the 1978 BBC television show Connections, season 1, episode 8, “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry” which could be considered the best timed shot in television history [video: buff.ly/2Curomg]
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Connections was the best science show ever.. the sheer simplicity and beauty of what James did, to make science so relatable.. was amazing.
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I agree and this is why this post is always among my favorite ones
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Doesn't the launch happen at the end of a countdown? If he listened to that (or could see a display showing it), then the perfect timing is not that hard.
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The whole clip is much longer and he spends most of it walking toward the rocket. To get the timing perfect would have been extremely hard.
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I read somewhere that he had a countdown clock next to the camera so he could keep an eye on the timing.
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