In the mid-sixties when the Company built a new wing to house Jefferson Productions, there came the day when the new videotape recorders arrived. Since they would not fit in the building's only elevator, the only means of getting them to the second floor was to poke them through a window with some sort of fork lift. A biiiig forklift. That's John Dillon, JP's general manager, looking nervously down from the office of his secretary, Barbara Wilson. On the ground, facing the camera, is Jay Torrence. In the dark suit, observing the operation in his usual calm manner, is Frank Bateman, head of WBTV Engineering. Each of these babies cost about a quarter of a million dollars, so we wouldn't want to drop one.

It all worked out well, as usual, and the recorders went on to capture thousands of hours of programs and commercials.

Photos courtesy Ken Helms.