Claire Lupton oral history interview, 2018
2018
Claire Lupton oral history interview, 2018
2018
- NFSA IDAXPYVC87
- TypeOral History
- MediumAudio
- FormStill Image
- GenresBiographical
- Year2018
Claire Lupton interviewed by Jeannine Baker, 2018.
Several women worked as camera operators in early television, initially as freelance camera ‘stringers’ to cover events that regular news crews could not easily reach.
Claire Lupton, née Harrison, was working in the ABC’s Sydney news department in 1958 when the male camera operators secretly trained her on the film equipment, and then demanded she be given the opportunity to become a ‘cameraman’ by passing a test.
In this excerpt from her oral history interview, Claire recalls being set an especially difficult task.
Image: Claire Lupton née Harrison’s ABC camera correspondent certificate. NFSA title: 1526020.
Claire Lupton interviewed by Jeannine Baker, 2018.
Several women worked as camera operators in early television, initially as freelance camera ‘stringers’ to cover events that regular news crews could not easily reach.
Claire Lupton, née Harrison, was working in the ABC’s Sydney news department in 1958 when the male camera operators secretly trained her on the film equipment, and then demanded she be given the opportunity to become a ‘cameraman’ by passing a test.
In this excerpt from her oral history interview, Claire recalls being set an especially difficult task.
Image: Claire Lupton née Harrison’s ABC camera correspondent certificate. NFSA title: 1526020.
- NFSA IDAXPYVC87
- TypeOral History
- MediumAudio
- FormStill Image
- GenresBiographical
- Year2018
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