Below the Line: Grip & Electric on Vimeo

Since that was made 17 years ago, so little has changed and yet so much has changed. Everyone will agree that the industry is a different place, yet a half apple box still looks the same (possibly the very ones in that video are still in use today).

Going back 14 years earlier than that, and more whimsically, check out "A Day in the Life of a Steadicam Operator": Ted Churchill - Day in the Life of a Steadicam Operator - YouTube. Ted Churchill was a real showman and we used to say, "Garrett Brown invented the Steadicam, but Ted Churchill invented the Steadicam operator".

that's a brilliant piece. you have to wonder just how good an entertainer some behind the camera folks would make

Preaching to the choir, right Darren?!

a really good piece for sure. It would be great to find out how many of them are still working in the biz.