tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post9158211763650755859..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Grandstand's opening titles in the SixtiesJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-58092354562266965662019-10-02T21:58:49.480+01:002019-10-02T21:58:49.480+01:00Sam Leitch was the presenter of Football Preview o...Sam Leitch was the presenter of Football Preview on Grandstand.<br />This was the forerunner of today's Football Focus.<br />I loved old Sam back in the very early 1970s.<br /><br /> Callum McCormick Callumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14413169517433554590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-21470269992416463902018-11-30T14:23:22.492+00:002018-11-30T14:23:22.492+00:00One reason for the choice of sports shown on Grand...One reason for the choice of sports shown on Grandstand was that they took place out of doors in daylight and could be covered by those big cameras that had four lenses in a turret that could be switched in front of the camera. Not having a zoom lens meant that you needed a minimum of two cameras to cover the action with the editor switching between the feeds from them. Laurence Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12022978799028708943noreply@blogger.com