What took place here:
Somebody was very lucky to be able to have a Video Recorder back in 1983... May have even been one of those split systems too (camera in hand, VCR with shoulder strap) He was just trying out the new equipment at work.... he never knew he was making a wonderful video time capsule! 
Yep, you had to be pretty rich, or willing to spare money for two holidays for a set BITD. My uncle had a set, he was drawing lots of attention from everyone. I filmed with it, the weight of both the camera and recorder on your shoulder band was insane.
But hey, it was top-technology of those days
The first integrated camcorder was from Sony, the Betacam, released in 1983, so it's possible but not that likely that he used this.
I love the way that the bright lights leave behind a "streak" on the screen when the camera moves. We never noticed that BITD.
Today, it totally draws my attention, simply because we are not used to seeing that anymore. However, BITD even studio cameras showed that "problem", simply because they all used picture CRTs which inherently had this "defect". It's very much like the great traces that the phosphor leaves after the Asteroids bullets and ship
They tried to "hide" that problem with bucket loads of lighting, but if they used spotlights pointed towards the camera you would still see it
It gives such a warm and analogue feeling these days
Great video Vond, I'd seen it before but great to see it again
I wonder why the concept of such restaurants never crossed the atlantic to us. I mean, McDonalds was successful, why wouldn't this have worked ? The smart thing Nolan did was get the games out of the seedy arcades and put them in a child-friendly/family surrounding. OK the food was lousy (from what I've read) but kids don't care about that (much)....
