Organizers of the show said some scenes were altered so the live fireworks display over the Charles River was superimposed over pre-filmed landmarks in other parts of the city.
This is one of the doctored images of Boston's Fourth of July fireworks that appeared on CBS-TV Monday night. Producers of the show admitted that fireworks images were imposed over other images of historical Boston landmarks, such as Fenway Park shown here, for entertainment purposes.BOSTON – The television footage of Boston’s July Fourth fireworks show was spectacular, including colorful explosions over the city’s most famous landmarks including Fenway Park, the Statehouse and Quincy Market.
Some of those shots were also physically impossible.
Organizers of the show aired Monday on CBS television acknowledged to The Boston Globe in a story Friday that some scenes were altered so the live fireworks display over the Charles River was superimposed over pre-filmed landmarks in other parts of the city.
David Mugar, the Boston-area businessman and philanthropist who’s been the show’s executive producer for nine years, defended the superimposed images, saying they were entertainment and not news.
David Perry, a Massachusetts native who lives in Ohio, told the Globe he was disappointed because the fireworks are good enough already and don’t need enhancement.