[Elecraft] "Them"

[Rick Commo]

Well, it may be OT; but it’s fun for this person who was 9 years old in 1954, and his Mom took him to see his first sci-fi movie, which was "Them”!  I still remember parts of the movie.

-rick, K7LOG

On Apr 30, 2014, at 9:06 PM, Phil Hystad <phystad at mac.com> wrote:

> I have DVDs of almost all of the great 1950s SciFi movies.  I think my
> collection is about 20 DVDs.  All the greats and some really stupid movies
> that they they too are classics such as "Teenagers from Outer Space" or
> "I Married a Monster From Outer Space".
> 
> Is this an Off Topic Topic?
> 
> 73, phil, K7PEH
> 
> On Apr 30, 2014, at 8:33 PM, Dauer, Edward <edauer at law.du.edu> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Them! is available (Them! are available?) for download for free at
>> https://archive.org/details/PhantasmagoriaTheater-Them1954176
>> 
>> A favorite from my youth as well.  Worth watching when 10's dead.
>> 
>> Ted, KN1CBR
>> 
>> 
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>>> Message: 8
>>> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:42:13 -0700
>>> From: Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net>
>>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT Them
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>>> The tunnel where the ants nest was in the movie was about 2 mi from
>>> where I grew up.  They were storm drains into the Los Angeles River, we
>>> used to play in them.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> 
>>> Fred K6DGW
>>> - Northern California Contest Club
>>> - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
>>> - www.cqp.org
>>> 
>>> On 4/30/2014 2:27 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
>>>> The phrase "Over and Out" was a key part of the brief training lessons
>>>> for the young female scientist near the beginning of the movie "Them!".
>>>> She was being taught proper protocol of using the radio while searching
>>>> for
>>>> giant ants in a helicopter.
>>>> 
>>>> K7PEH
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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