![This is the single greatest shot filmed in television history. It's completely real, it's NOT a green-screen. One chance, and if James Burke had missed, there would have been no chance of a re-shoot. This is the single greatest shot filmed in television history. It's completely real, it's NOT a green-screen. One chance, and if James Burke had missed, there would have been no chance of a re-shoot.](https://external-preview.redd.it/K3zUUVwxKvOJPsDN5akygeN4DssUjd_EjFpjQqrHsMY.png?format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb27c4dd72dbc7b4c0c2aa8bb425fd3619bc5a65)
This is the single greatest shot filmed in television history. It's completely real, it's NOT a green-screen. One chance, and if James Burke had missed, there would have been no chance of a re-shoot.
![Perfectly timed 1978 rocket launch clip hailed as 'greatest shot in television' is a work of art - Scoop Upworthy Perfectly timed 1978 rocket launch clip hailed as 'greatest shot in television' is a work of art - Scoop Upworthy](https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/588743/uploads/e4f31f10-4fa5-11ed-b99f-73d7fd274395_1200_630.png)
Perfectly timed 1978 rocket launch clip hailed as 'greatest shot in television' is a work of art - Scoop Upworthy
![James Burke made a shot in 1978 that is widely considered "The Greatest Shot in Television History" in the episode "Eat, Drink and be Merry" of Connections (1978). The shot is real and not ... James Burke made a shot in 1978 that is widely considered "The Greatest Shot in Television History" in the episode "Eat, Drink and be Merry" of Connections (1978). The shot is real and not ...](https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/436469859_7337006709668638_5305349425559112961_n.jpg?stp=cmp1_dst-jpg_s640x640&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=UcObEm-C85sAb4DE2A0&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=00_AfBGRmnAuWn4ELM4s_HH2n3_4np92q6Zrr7MVUIBrDipKA&oe=661DE044)