Super Bowl XVI question

[MatthewToy]

The NFL Films highlights of this game show this blueish-gray haze in the Silverdome that makes everything look pretty drab. But when they show a clip from earlier in the season when the 49ers played the Lions it's clear. Pictures from the game are more clear and colorful but there's still a little haze in the background. I was only 4 at the time so I have no memory of the game. Anybody know what caused that? Was it an NFL Films experiment that didn't work?

[Rupert Patrick]

The NFL Films highlights of this game show this blueish-gray haze in the Silverdome that makes everything look pretty drab. But when they show a clip from earlier in the season when the 49ers played the Lions it's clear. Pictures from the game are more clear and colorful but there's still a little haze in the background. I was only 4 at the time so I have no memory of the game. Anybody know what caused that? Was it an NFL Films experiment that didn't work?

I think it was the camera lenses or film or lighting they were using. I have the CBS TV broadcast of the game and there is none of that haze.

[Citizen]

Smoking was allowed in the Silverdome until at least the late '70s, so that haze is a common feature of many Lions highlights from that era.

[Gary Najman]

The NFL Films highlights of this game show this blueish-gray haze in the Silverdome that makes everything look pretty drab. But when they show a clip from earlier in the season when the 49ers played the Lions it's clear. Pictures from the game are more clear and colorful but there's still a little haze in the background. I was only 4 at the time so I have no memory of the game. Anybody know what caused that? Was it an NFL Films experiment that didn't work?

I also noticed that. I've also believe that the Silverdome's roof also entered more light that other domes, and as the opening game (49ers-Lions) was played at an earlier time and in summer instead of winter.

[Gary Najman]

Smoking was allowed in the Silverdome until at least the late '70s, so that haze is a common feature of many Lions highlights from that era.

I remember attending a game at the Houston Astrodome in 1983 and smoking was prohibitted there.

[65 toss power trap]

I would guess that the stadium lighting maybe was exposed on the film differently than how the (relatively new) chip cameras picked it up.

[Hail Casares]

Any pregame fireworks or pyro?