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What to do when a camera dies. . .

Why, bury it, of course. Find the nearest location where the ground is soft, and lay that puppy in the ground. The only alternative was to wake up an engineer, if possible, and suggest he take a look at it. But that could take all day.

Another option was to ship it back to the Norelco factory, where its components would be smashed to bits and used to make electric shavers.

In this scene, we see director Gene Birke administering last rites, Virgil Torrance filling the grave, and, in the background Ken Furr approaching to read a poem from Sonny's Scrapbook.

We're kidding. They're on location—probably taping an episode of the Arthur Smith Show—and preparing for a low-angle shot of someone, perhaps Maggie Griffin, walking along the beach lip-synching the words to some popular ballad of the day, like "Girl From Ipanema"—or "Rocky Top."

It wasn't easy horsing all that equipment around. As you'll see in the Jefferson Productions Photos section, it seemed the camera and lights always had to be placed in the most difficult-to-reach places.

Photo courtesy Jim Rogers.

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