The Oklahoman on Tuesday operated a pool of three sets of unmanned, remote-controlled cameras to get close-up pictures of the federal building demolition for newspapers, wire services and magazines.
There were two sets of five cameras, and one set of two cameras within the protective perimeter around the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The lenses of the two cameras closest to the federal building were damaged by debris, but the film inside was recovered and processed.
The 12 still cameras shot three to four frames per second. They were operated by The Oklahoman's director of photography George R. Wilson, who used remote-control buttons.
He was near the corner of NW 5 and Hudson, close to the Regency Tower apartments, to trigger the cameras during the implosion. Some 2,000 feet of wire was run between the cameras and the remote-control buttons.
Scott Andrews, with Nikon Professional Services, assisted in the process. Andrews is based in Washington, D.C., and helps with large-scale remote photography projects worldwide.
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