[GreenKeys] Cold war movie

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Mon Apr 23 22:26:40 EDT 2007


The book was excellent.  The movie was pretty good.  The other major 
character besides USS Bedford and the Soviet submarine was HMS Hood (sunk 1941).  But 
I haven't seen the movie in some 40 years and don't recall any radio or TTY 
details.

In a message dated 4/23/2007 8:06:48 PM Central Standard Time, rtty at gwltd.com 
writes: 
> Don't be sorry for an empty post, I have never heard of this movie 
> sounds like a good one, I will have to keep my eyes open for it.
> 
> Rdelgatto wrote:
> >Hi Group,
> >I watched a movie yesterday, one of my favorites "The Bedford Incident"
> >Staring Richard Widmark, Sidney Portier ect. 
> >The movie is a cold war 1965 vintage black an white, U.S. Destroyer vs.
> >Russian submarine. 
> >There are many shots of the Bridge, CIC, Radio rooms ect. and of course
> >a teleprinter or 2 (mod. unknown to me) and some short RTTY over the 
> >1mc for effects.
> >Any good ears ever figure out what was on the 1mc (PA system) or what
> >machines were used in the movie? They possibly were British machines
> >as the movie had been produced in England.
> >73,

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