Yes, video cameras/recorders weren’t in common usage, but Bell & Howell 8mm movie cameras sure were.
Very likely Breitbart’s use of “video” is generic
I went on vacation with a video camera in 1987, and they had come down in price by then. Certainly videos or films were made of events, video has been around along time. Maybe a local station made a recording, or a college or group ha dtheir event recorded.
I was looking at some of the docs posted here, and remembered to look for Obama as Barry S, then I was thinking “Whoa, we have a president who has used more than one name”. How stupid is this country?
Leftist family, grew up abroad, mentored by radicals, muslim name, racist leftist “church”. My head spins.
FWIW beta vcr debut was 1975 and vhs in 1976