Classic movie scenes: before and after special effects

Star Wars
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away titles were tedious - then the opening ‘crawl’ of ‘Star Wars’ swept across the screen and made the simple act of reading as cinematic as any other part of the film. These titles (actually from 'The Empire Strikes Back') were produced surprisingly DIY-ish by slowly panning a camera along a 6 ft piece of text.

Star Wars
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away titles were tedious - then the opening ‘crawl’ of ‘Star Wars’ swept across the screen and made the simple act of reading as cinematic as any other part of the film. These titles (actually from 'The Empire Strikes Back') were produced surprisingly DIY-ish by slowly panning a camera along a 6 ft piece of text.