How the Immaculate Reception was Captured | NFL Films Presents

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 84

  • @andre1987eph
    @andre1987eph Рік тому +56

    As a a still photographer and fan of NFL since ‘68, I got goosebumps watching this. Their talent was something to marvel at. This is nothing short of masterful art.

  • @connorestes9814
    @connorestes9814 Рік тому +29

    beautiful vid. as so often, the real MVP is clearly NFL Films.

  • @Izarcø-66
    @Izarcø-66 Рік тому +24

    I was blessed to meet the legend out of all places in Colorado at the rusty bucket. RIP

  • @iplayoldschoolrunescape
    @iplayoldschoolrunescape Рік тому +39

    Did we just gloss over the fact that the guy filming (hank) just said hes 73, he can still drive, walk and looks like in great physical health. I hope to be that mobile at his age. Man doesnt even look his age.

    • @CamDavelle
      @CamDavelle Рік тому +4

      That’s what happens when u do what u love for a living

    • @heyheyhey33351
      @heyheyhey33351 Рік тому +2

      Being able to walk and drive at 73 is not too out-of-the-ordinary 😂 But he does look good for his age.

    • @iplayoldschoolrunescape
      @iplayoldschoolrunescape Рік тому +1

      @@heyheyhey33351 ive seen people at 60 can barely walk, on a wheelchair, look like theyre about to die the next day

    • @formermpc10
      @formermpc10 10 місяців тому +1

      He rolled through the stop sign though.

    • @untexan
      @untexan 7 місяців тому

      Not so much with the telephoto lens, it’s too big, but these guys haul their own gear and run up and down the field all game long. They have to be in top shape.

  • @xXkatchillaXx
    @xXkatchillaXx Рік тому +22

    6:15 The actual film recording looks spectacular, better than the modern digital recording.

  • @Kirbybros1
    @Kirbybros1 Рік тому +8

    One of the most crazy Game winners of all time!!

  • @virginianative847
    @virginianative847 10 місяців тому +1

    RIP Franco, I started as Steelers fan with my first fav player kordell, but I didn’t really take the game serious until Big Bens rookie year. But being Steelers fan is like getting PHD in football you have to learn the history watch all the NFL films stuff on the steel curtain. It’s awesome!

  • @roccodemaro4305
    @roccodemaro4305 Рік тому +5

    The shots from that camera on the Immaculate Reception’s 50th anniversary looked great! Wonderful piece of equipment, and a job well done from Hank!

    • @scotey
      @scotey 9 місяців тому

      Yeah, the old cameras have way more character, I think. I imagine NFL Films could no longer justify the cost and workflow of film, but those old Arriflexes delivered such a wonderful storytelling look. The Arris Amiras are clean but lack soul.

  • @davefarrar7435
    @davefarrar7435 11 місяців тому +1

    I watched live on TV and was in Three Rivers for the 20th Anniversary and this randomly showed up on my UA-cam page. THANK YOU for a great little film!

  • @jamauldarden1211
    @jamauldarden1211 Рік тому +11

    I'm glad to see the background heroes get their praises. Thank you Mr. Hank and rih Mr. Ernie and legendary Franco💐🙏🏿

  • @teresatanasi5143
    @teresatanasi5143 Рік тому +3

    Franco Harris was a really nice guy.Down to earth and always had time for his fans. This was the Steelers of that era. They were decent as hell to their fans and always good for the community.

  • @spencerbacon
    @spencerbacon 11 місяців тому +1

    Man I miss the look of film. Those shots in Pittsburgh for the 50th anniversary looks awesome.

  • @bigsnap5
    @bigsnap5 Рік тому +15

    I love NFL Films.

  • @zackhicks5320
    @zackhicks5320 Рік тому +4

    He got some great shots in that last game too

  • @victorianidetch
    @victorianidetch 11 місяців тому +1

    Franco Harris and Ernie Ernst, may their memories always bring a blessing.

  • @jongouger2359
    @jongouger2359 Рік тому +9

    Absolutely beautiful video

  • @ronaldpoole3273
    @ronaldpoole3273 Рік тому +3

    When I think of perfection, I think of NFL Films

  • @ThePlatinumEagle
    @ThePlatinumEagle Рік тому +3

    This camera gives the Alexas a run for their money. Spectacular footage

    • @bonbibonkerz
      @bonbibonkerz Рік тому +2

      its crazy that NFL Films have been using ARRI cameras from way back until now, Arriflexes to the AMIRA and the images are stunning. imagine if they use the Alexas and shoot at 4k

  • @BobDog72
    @BobDog72 10 місяців тому

    We fans of the Pittsburgh Steeler are so passionate about the game the players coaches and owners we take it to heart. The Rooney family said we own the Steelers but the Steelers belong to the fans.

  • @watchmykicksllc
    @watchmykicksllc Рік тому +3

    Dude id love to see more clips from these cameras (preferably the Steelers) and or just for of these kind of vids! Ps come back to pittsburgh with that camera in 2024/2025 season we are going to the bowl! I’m calling it

  • @maureenmckenna5220
    @maureenmckenna5220 Рік тому +1

    John Madden, the best. The camera work, superb.

  • @NY-Vice
    @NY-Vice Рік тому +11

    This is awesome, I always enjoy learning about NFL history. Thank you NFL films I hope you make similar videos in the future.

  • @lowerclassbrats77
    @lowerclassbrats77 Рік тому +5

    I miss John Madden's nonsense, it represented a more innocent time. I'm so happy I could live through a time he commentated on games and made them fun.

  • @teresatanasi5143
    @teresatanasi5143 Рік тому +1

    My father was there. Miss him so much.

  • @formermpc10
    @formermpc10 10 місяців тому +2

    No mention of the fact that this isn't the stadium where the Immaculate Reception took place!
    The Immaculate Reception happened in Three Rivers Stadium, which was imploded in 2001 with millions of dollars in outstanding debt still owed.

  • @BrendanGeormer
    @BrendanGeormer Рік тому +4

    That guy is 73?!

    • @ilLMAOh
      @ilLMAOh Рік тому +1

      Bro looks like he's 43, like how in the hell.

  • @HunterOak1998
    @HunterOak1998 Рік тому +3

    they should film more games like this, awesome to see

  • @dancolonna6590
    @dancolonna6590 Рік тому +2

    Need more stuff like this

  • @joemarucci3917
    @joemarucci3917 Рік тому +3

    The controversy over this play was not about a trap.
    It was about who touched the pass from Bradshaw. Back in the 70s a Offensive player could not catch a ball off another offensive player. The ball needed to be touched by a Defensive player 1st before Franco could catch it.
    Absolutely nothing about a trap, and all about a potential illegal touch.
    They ruled in Pittsburgh s favor.
    Game over, history was made.

    • @KillStealPro
      @KillStealPro Рік тому +3

      Actually, there is some controversy regarding whether or not it was a trap. It’s covered in most shorts and documentaries about the play. However, what you’re talking about is generally considered the bigger question about the play.

    • @ColumbiaB
      @ColumbiaB Рік тому +3

      To be clear, that doesn't mean that the first player (beyond the line of scrimmage) to touch the pass had to be a defender, if an offensive player who made the reception was not the first to touch the pass.
      The old NFL rule (in effect till 1978), provided that if an offensive player touched a pass beyond the line of scrimmage, then he was the only player eligible to receive the pass - EXCEPT that if a defender touched it before a second offensive player touched the ball, then ALL offensive players became eligible to receive the pass, and remained eligible throughout that play. And it didn't matter what the sequence was: a defender could touch the ball, then one offensive player could touch it, and a second offensive player could then make a legal reception; OR, it could go, first offensive touch, then defender touch, and then legal reception by second offensive player. (And if a defender and one offensive player touched the ball •simultaneously•, a legal reception could likewise be made by a second offensive player.)
      So you often see people arguing about whether Tatum touched the ball first, and then Fuqua, before Harris caught it, or whether Fuqua touched it first, and then Tatum. But if both of them touched the ball, the order in which they contacted it is irrelevant. The only question relevant to the old so-called "double-touch" rule is, did Tatum touch the ball at •all•? If Tatum did touch it, then that absolutely settles it: Harris was eligible to make a legal reception of the pass.
      Only if Fuqua ALONE touched the ball, and Tatum never contacted it at all, was Harris's reception illegal under the old rule.

    • @formermpc10
      @formermpc10 10 місяців тому

      Wrong.
      If it was clear that Harris had trapped the ball and the refs weren't too chicken to call it, the pass would have been an incomplete pass and the Raiders would have won.
      So Harris' reception (trap or not) is huge.

    • @joemarucci3917
      @joemarucci3917 10 місяців тому

      @@ColumbiaB you answered your own question and destroyed your whole point..this game was in 74-75??
      Trust me I know bc I was following football back then n just like you said..b4 1978.. only the 1 offensive player could catch the ball that HE TIPPED...The only way another offensive player could touch the ball was AFTER a Defensive player touched it.
      Please prove that BOTH touched it simultaneously!! There's never been proof of the simulation..
      Again my point is that CONTROVERSIAL PART OF THIS WAS NOT TRAPPING THE BALL, THAT WAS CLEAR AS DAY.. IT'S THE SO CALLED SIMULATION.

  • @PrettygirlMisha
    @PrettygirlMisha Рік тому

    Im crying 😢

  • @scott1564
    @scott1564 7 місяців тому

    Cool story. I shoot (digital) video now but used to shoot film stills, including sports, back in the day. Legacy equipment is something special. I held on to my Hasselblad gear as long as I could until it was nothing much more than taking up space in the closet.

  • @VGHistory1
    @VGHistory1 Рік тому +3

    Immaculate Deception, thank you.

  • @normancarter5419
    @normancarter5419 Рік тому +2

    Remember, without the SABOL Family, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AS GOOD, OR EVEN HAPPENED.

  • @mn8886
    @mn8886 Рік тому +2

    This guy doesn’t seem 73 tbh, dude seems like he’s 50

  • @GhOstKLuTcH1463
    @GhOstKLuTcH1463 11 місяців тому +1

    shoutout pops.

  • @ThankGodImBlack370
    @ThankGodImBlack370 2 місяці тому

    Was that a compact disk in that camera?

  • @randyhanson4973
    @randyhanson4973 Рік тому +6

    After repeatedly viewing the play over and over again from the endzone camera (it takes about 10-15 minutes of continuous viewing in order to train your eye) I can clearly see beyond any reasonable doubt exactly what happened. As the ball approached, Tatum was reaching his hands out going for the interception while at the same moment Fuqua was reaching his arms out going for the reception. I don’t believe either player saw each other as they were both playing the ball. Just a split second second before they collided you can clearly see that the ball deflected off Fuqua’s reached out left and then ricocheted off of Tatum’s helmet into the hands of Franco. Instead of a TD it should have been an illegal touching penalty on the Steelers. The team that benefited the most from this play were Miami Dolphins who didn’t have to face the Raiders in the AFC championship game where their perfect season very likely could have ended.

    • @giantsr1eva
      @giantsr1eva Рік тому +3

      @Randy Hanson
      If the ball touched Tatum which is true, then it is a legal catch by Franco Harris. You could have multiple players touching the ball if it hit a defender.

    • @randyhanson4973
      @randyhanson4973 Рік тому

      @@giantsr1eva I was under the impression that the rule in 72 was that once the ball hit an offensive player first then only a defender could intercept the ball. In 73 or 74 the rule was modified to the interpretation that you just explained. It was only a couple years later that they done away with the rule altogether

    • @ColumbiaB
      @ColumbiaB Рік тому +1

      @@randyhanson4973 - No, the rule was never modified, until it was eliminated in 1978. And giantsr1eva states that old "double-touch" rule correctly. If a defender touched a pass before more than one offensive player had touched it, then •all• offensive players became eligible to receive it, and remained eligible throughout that play. Which is to say, all these sequences led to a •legal• reception under the old rule:
      • Defender touch, to offensive player catch;
      • Defender touch, to first offensive player touch, to second offensive player catch; and
      • First offensive player touch, to defender touch, to second offensive player catch.
      What you described - the pass first hits Fuqua's hand, then bounces off Tatum's helmet, and finally is caught by Harris - would absolutely have been a legal reception under the old rule.
      And, to be clear, if (for argument's sake), the ball first hit Tatum, then touched Fuqua as it bounced back toward Harris, then Harris's reception •still• was legal under the old rule.
      Only if Fuqua ALONE touched the ball, and Tatum never contacted it at all, was Harris's reception illegal under the pre-1978 rule.

  • @jeremycrandall2899
    @jeremycrandall2899 Рік тому +1

    It was not a trap. There’s video from the original nbc telecast that shows that it was clearly a catch.

    • @davidwormell6609
      @davidwormell6609 Рік тому +1

      Agreed. From a Raider fan.

    • @jeremycrandall2899
      @jeremycrandall2899 Рік тому

      @@davidwormell6609 yeah, I think that even John Madden finally agreed it was a catch after seeing the NBC footage for the first time like 30 years later.

  • @johnmongani5223
    @johnmongani5223 2 місяці тому

    this video should be titled "how NFL films blew filming the Immaculate Reception". There's no view of the ball, Franco and the turf so there's no way to know if it was a legal catch. Franco refused to say if he caught it clean which pretty much says it touched the ground or that he trapped the ball and it was a no catch. Thus the Raiders won the game 7-6 on Ken Stablers Immaculate 30 yard TD run through the Steelers porous "Rusty Curtain" defense. lol.

  • @LIE11Bldg7
    @LIE11Bldg7 Рік тому

    GREAT !!!!
    JUST WENT THROUGH A BOX OF TISSUE
    THANKS A LOT 😢😁😁

  • @francisfarias104
    @francisfarias104 Рік тому +1

    Because the NFL Films don't have subtitles in Portuguese and Spanish? People who speak other languages ​​deserved access to this content.

  • @robertbranco1126
    @robertbranco1126 3 місяці тому

    Only question why no film of turf and ball on that play you never see it always cut off ..

  • @brendanbugala8774
    @brendanbugala8774 Рік тому

    Rest in peace Franco Harris 🙏

  • @williampalchak7574
    @williampalchak7574 8 місяців тому

    A catch.

  • @scottyleitch3214
    @scottyleitch3214 7 місяців тому

    both were recorded on film - can someone explain the very obvious difference in quality? the modern footage against the raiders looks great, a little too great! was it cleaned? digitally enhanced in post? am I alone in thinking....where is the grit?

    • @arjunfischer4972
      @arjunfischer4972 6 місяців тому +1

      I was the director on this short (not the cinematographer so take this with a grain of salt) but imo two big differences: film stocks are better now, and the stadium lights provide much much more light (it's hard to shoot low light on old cameras because of the aperture so the bright LEDs at new stadiums lead to a super different look.)

    • @scottyleitch3214
      @scottyleitch3214 6 місяців тому

      thank you! for responding@@arjunfischer4972

  • @James-pe1ky
    @James-pe1ky 2 місяці тому

    If number 20 had not celebrated after the deflection by Tatum, he would have been able to tackle or push Franco out of bounds forcing a long FG attempt in bad weather conditions and the Raiders would have won. But he celebrated with time still on the clock, a split second that changed the course of Steeler history. Didn’t Yogi Berra say “it ain’t over till it’s over”, why celebrate? The play wasn’t dead, the officials hadn’t even signaled the play was over. Also it looks like Franco got both hands under the ball on the catch, the top of his hands may have been on the turf but the ball never touched the ground. If the ball did hit the ground, at that momentum, he would not have been able to catch, yet alone stabilize the ball all in one stride, no way. The speed at which he was moving and the ball converging at him infers he caught it with hands above ground.

  • @Emiliano-Oseguera
    @Emiliano-Oseguera Рік тому

    Wow

  • @TeddyBelcher4kultrawide
    @TeddyBelcher4kultrawide Рік тому +1

    The Army is there in a special wing of the Hall of Fame 24 hours a day so you can sleep at night

  • @meganmeynier5641
    @meganmeynier5641 8 місяців тому

    Raiders

  • @rjmstunts3716
    @rjmstunts3716 Рік тому +10

    Eagles gonna win the super bowl

    • @connorestes9814
      @connorestes9814 Рік тому +1

      nah y’all getting shmoked by mahomes 🤣🤣🤣

    • @rjmstunts3716
      @rjmstunts3716 Рік тому +1

      @@connorestes9814 nah it jalen hurts this time no patrick balony

    • @gregoriopalofuego9808
      @gregoriopalofuego9808 10 місяців тому

      RJ~
      You heard it from me first. Remember my prediction- and reflect after the Super Bowl, that I was right- - -
      *Miami Dolphins*
      🥂

  • @brianbelden2449
    @brianbelden2449 Рік тому +1

    When is the NFL going to capture its problem with GAME RIGGING?

    • @KingEdwardMMVIII
      @KingEdwardMMVIII Рік тому +1

      NFL isn't game rigging. It's incompetent officiating. The league needs to make them full time.

  • @hecheflix6331
    @hecheflix6331 Рік тому +1

    Hate to be that guy…but he kinda botched that shot 🤣🤣

  • @dontaskrad
    @dontaskrad Рік тому +2

    1st

  • @seethat7704
    @seethat7704 Рік тому +1

    It's more like how it wasn't captured.

  • @user-rn6lb6qj7y
    @user-rn6lb6qj7y Рік тому +3

    It was just a fluke of a "catch". They didn't even get to, led alone win it that year. So it didn't matter. 😂

    • @logana6801
      @logana6801 Рік тому

      lmaooo found the salty raiders fan with zero brain cells

  • @romanmuller3016
    @romanmuller3016 Рік тому +3

    eh