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I would say that there is a second camera that is used from the time the door is closed -- swings down from the ceiling. Same lens coverage, etc. The studio camera is an empty shell with another small camera in it, so it looks like it works. When the door is closed, camera guy disassembles camera from tripod, folds tripod, and shuffles it out the back into a compartment in beneath the stairs/riser behind the crate. Note that the host is standing right there during this time. He's done by the time the crate is picked up, while the mini cam is showing the image. During the 3,2,1 countdown, the mini cam is stowed back up in the top of the crate, and the guy gets ready for the reveal.
The host of the show is in on it. He picks the camera, stands in the "magic" zone, etc.
It would be interesting to see unedited footage of it.
There were easily very small broadcast quality cameras available then.
I'm not real keen on Euro cams of the time, but, in fact, all of the cameras may be fakes -- just foldable plastic boxes with fake lens housings. In that case, any camera could be chosen, and the box and tripod disassembled and stowed in the base of the crate. There's room in the height of the fork "pockets" for that.
So enter, take cam 4, close door, take cam 4.alt, disassemble lens, camera body, tripod, stow, pivot, reveal. Note that the top of the crate rises up an inch in the "back" at the reveal -- so it's not an everyday shipping crate.
Chip
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