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Military videotape-editing station, 1973. and a small mystery (media.piefed.social)
submitted 4 weeks ago by to c/cassettefuturism@lemmy.world
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I'm not happy about this one, but I've run in to a brick wall so far looking for more info. So I'm going to need some AI-spotters to help me figure this one out, please. Unless of course I'm wrong, and both pics are legit. But I have my doubts...

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In any case, this particular AV videotape station allegedly belonged to the US army, and in the 2nd pic, it's a PFC Mathesen who's the particular technician posing.

EDIT: Mystery seems solved thanks to a couple folks below. Evidently these are two genuine photos, likely shot the same day. I remain curious about the first person's uniform though, since it seems so different from the second person's.

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[–] 3 points 4 weeks ago

I'm sure they were. The reels are in the same position as are the knobs and levels that I can see. Lighting like that doesn't happen by accident, there will be all kinds of diffusers and reflectors outside the frame to get that look. I also counted videotapes and they match as well. As I said, if it's not real we should be scared because it's a great fake.

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