[Boatanchors] Boatanchor siting in 1943 "Batman" movie serial, can you identify it?

[Philip (KO6BB)]

With this one email I'll say "Thank you" to everyone who helped me ID 
this rig.  And yes, it is funny how, in the movies they'd often plug a 
microphone into a receiver and call it a transceiver.  I guess they 
figured the general public wouldn't know the difference, and it was 
probably safer to let the actors play with a receiver than a transmitter 
anyway.

Also, there is enough light coming out of the side vents of that 
receiver to have a 60 Watt bulb inside.  Probably made it more visible 
to the cameras. . .

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
http://www.qsl.net/ko6bb/   (Web Page)
http://ko6bb1.multiply.com/ (My OTR Blog)
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Radio Mystery Theater Blog)

RADIOS:
Yaesu FT-2000 Xceiver for "hamming" and LF Beacons.
National NC-183 16 Tube Receiver (circa 1949)
Zenith "American" Royal-7000 Transoceanic. (circa 1970)
Realistic DX-380 Digital Portable.

Central California


On 5/26/2011 9:45 PM, Michael OBrien wrote:
> That's a Hallicrafters SX-23 receiver. Not many made, wonderful Art Deco cabinet design, highly prized by collectors.
>
> de Mike, K0MYW
>
>
> --- On Thu, 5/26/11, Philip (KO6BB)<ko6bb at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
>
>> From: Philip (KO6BB)<ko6bb at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: [Boatanchors] Boatanchor siting in 1943 "Batman" movie serial, can you identify it?
>> To: "Boatanchor List"<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
>> Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 4:39 PM
>> Hi,
>> Today I was posting the 15 episodes of the 1943 Batman
>> serial to my Old
>> Time Radio blog.  While doing so I saw a boatanchor
>> radio that looks
>> familiar.  In episode 5 the villein  was using it
>> to communicate with an
>> Enemy Sub.  I've posted two pictures at my OTR blog
>> site, you may see
>> them here (click on image to enlarge).  Besides the
>> boatanchor radio,
>> there are other scenes containing old gear (one has a
>> number of
>> equipment racks with lots of meters, don't know what it
>> is).  As in many
>> old movies/serials there is a lot of what I call 'Pseudo
>> Science', and
>> as it was filmed during the height of WWII, stereotyping of
>> our former
>> enemies.
>>
>> http://ko6bb1.multiply.com/photos/album/32/Unidentified_Boatanchor_radio
>>
>> You may see the first of the 15 episodes here, all 15
>> posted in
>> sequence.  NOTE:  This video series will only be
>> open to the general
>> public for a couple days, then moved to "Contacts Only" for
>> security
>> reasons. . .
>>
>> http://ko6bb1.multiply.com/video/item/222/Batman_1943_01_Of_15_The_Electrical_Brain.asf
>