9th Jan 2025
They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be... - S1-E3
Visible crew/equipment: After the cops approach the electronics establishment to see the damage done to the building, overhead camera equipment is moving from left to right in one of the police cars' hubcaps.
2nd Jan 2025
Visible crew/equipment: As Mrs. Sherman tries to control her dog, Randolph, a crew member's hand (possibly the dog trainer) is visible on the right side of the screen.
31st Dec 2024
Visible crew/equipment: After the power plant manager is done speaking with Oscar Goldman on the phone, the shadow of a boom mic is visible on the back wall.
31st Dec 2024
Visible crew/equipment: When Steve uses his strength to upright a car on its side, the film crew and equipment are reflected in the chrome bumper of the car.
31st Dec 2024
Visible crew/equipment: When one of the townspeople recovers from unconsciousness and starts to get up, a small truck with a double-door canopy is reflected in a window driving by. In this episode, everyone in town was knocked out, so no vehicles would be driven by them just yet.
31st Dec 2024
Visible crew/equipment: Throughout this episode, Steve Austin's astronaut helmet visor is reflecting the camera crew, camera equipment, and lighting equipment.
8th Oct 2024
Visible crew/equipment: When Kolchak goes to visit Mr. Cahill in the mental hospital, the boom mike's shadow is visible in several shots.
4th Nov 2022
Visible crew/equipment: When the gust of wind blows into Helen's temple, the shadow of the giant fan creating the effect is seen.
3rd Nov 2022
Visible crew/equipment: A boom mike drops several times from the top into the scene of Kolchak and Pepe Torres' office.
26th Nov 2021
The Night of the Turncoat - S3-E13
Visible crew/equipment: As West is swimming in the water tank that is filled with dangerous sea creatures (Hammerhead sharks, etc.) a modern day (1960's) frogman is swimming behind West in the tank.
7th Jul 2021
Visible crew/equipment: Before the police officer removes the Griffin's racing helmet, a film crew member, equipment, and set lights are visible in the helmet's tinted visor.
31st Mar 2021
Visible crew/equipment: Outside the Howell's hut as the castaways ready to leave the island, the shadow of a boom mike enters the upper left side of the scene twice.
17th May 2020
Summit Meeting: Part I - S2-E9
Visible crew/equipment: When Vice Chancellor Alquist walks to his Mercedes, camera crew and equipment are reflected in the chrome of the vehicle's engine grill.
1st May 2020
Summit Meeting: Part I - S2-E9
Visible crew/equipment: Camera crew and equipment are visible in the side of Vice Chancellor Alquist's Mercedes as he drives away.
12th Aug 2019
The Wax Men - S3-E24
Visible crew/equipment: When the clown enters Admiral Nelson's quarters, on the left side of the scene the arm of an extra or set crew can be seen.
5th Aug 2019
Visible crew/equipment: There is a cameraman shooting near the gate of Wonka's factory: he is strategically placed to get up close shots shown in the movie yet he blends in to the crowd to make the movie audience think he is one of the many media technicians filming the event of Wonka opening his factory. Later, when the guests are passing through the gate, the cameraman has disappeared.
1st Jul 2019
Visible crew/equipment: Camera equipment and film crew are reflected in the rear of The Wraith while it is parked at the convenience store.
26th Jun 2019
Visible crew/equipment: In the Rock Ridge church scene before the dynamite bundle is thrown through the church window, the device used to break the glass is visible.
19th Jun 2019
30th May 2019
Visible crew/equipment: The shadow of a large light or camera equipment is visible on the beach sand as Nakamura takes cover behind a boulder.
Suggested correction: The Cameraman is part of the news crew that was filming the event all around. Not a mistake.
The point being is that the cameramen in the crowd are part of Director Mel Stuart's film crew, getting angles and footage of the crowd for the movie without hiring additional crews to get the same shots.
Scott215
How do we know that, though? How do we know this wasn't an extra with a non-working prop meant to be one of the crowd cameramen? Seems like a big assumption to make without the director confirming this was a trick of his.
Because of the camera angles and shots of the crowd that could only be achieved from Stuart's film crew, who are posing as news crews at the event, that's how we know.
Scott215