The Capitol Hill Gang

The late 1920s Washington D. C. press corps

How Television Works in 1948

Part One

Part Two

First on the Scene, First on the Screen

The photographers of Pathe News pose outside the main Pathe office in New York City for a group shot in late 1927.

Flames at 11

No matter the decade, fires and news crews go together like bees and honey…at least to the scanner jockeys on the desk.

Top: Newsreel crews at a warehouse fire in the early 1930s
Bottom: Stewart “Lenslinger” Pittman of WGHP

Waiting for the Parade

Two newsreel photogs wait far above the city streets for a NYC parade to start.

The White House "Gang" – May 1918

Founding members of the White House News Photographers Association

Left to right: Hal Hall, Joe Johnson, Harry M. VanTine, J.C. Brown, Alley West, Arthur Leonard, Tommy Baltzell, Frank Cullen, George Dorsey, (White House Gardener, behind Doresy), Charles Simons, (White House policeman)

300 Pounds on the Edge

A newsreel crew balances their 300 pound camera on the edge of a New York City skyscraper to shoot a street scene below.

1920 Washington D. C. Press Corps

This photo shows the battery of camera men which the President faces every day when he goes to ride. Although these photographers have spent most of their time at the White House for the past two weeks none of them have as yet been able to get a picture of the President.

Photo taken March 15, 1920.

Setting up for a shoot | Murrow's See it Now at Hanford

An unidentified Hearst/MGM newsreel crew sets up for a shoot for Ed Murrow’s See It Now at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation on January 21, 1958.

Looking Skyward | Murrow's See it Now at Hanford

An unidentified member of Ed Murrow’s See It Now crew looks skyward while setting up for a shoot at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation on January 21, 1958.

The See It Now photographers and soundmen actually worked for the newsreel MGM’s News of the Day and were farmed out to CBS to shoot stories for Murrow’s show.

If anyone can identify this unidentified newsman, please leave a comment below. The known MGM crew that worked for Murrow was  Edmund Scott, Norman Alley, Martin “Marty” Barnett, John Bockhorst, Donald Gies, Robert Huttenloch, Charles Mack, Charles “Chic” Peden, Robert Pierpoint and Leo Rossi.

More photos of this crew can be found on this page.