[Milsurplus] Radio movies

[Brian McQueen]

Not that they used it in the movie, but did anyone ever notice the ART-13 in
"The Flight of the Phoenix"?  Or that there was no antenna wire hooked to
the BC-442 in "Memphis Belle", and not to get away from warbirds, but in
"The Battle of the Bulge", Telly Savalas has a BC-603 and -604 in his
Sherman, yet in the next scene it has mysteriously been replaced with what I
recall as a British receiver.  Oh well, the German tanks all had T-17's as
well.  And in "The Battle of Midway", the headphones all had PL-55's plugged
into the JK-26's.  By the way, does anyone else's XYL look at them with that
"have you completely lost it this time?" look when things like that are
pointed out during a movie?  For her sake, I'll try to remain quiet next
time...  :-)


Brian    wj0p


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From: "Craig" <westerman at cableone.net>
To: <telegrapher at att.net>
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Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Radio movies


>
> Island in the Sky - 1953
> http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=96788
>
> Can't believe you didn't remember the Duke being in it. :-)
>
>   --
>
>   Craig
>   westerman at cableone.net
>
>
>
>   ======= telegrapher wrote:
>
>   tan> I remember seeing a movie some years back where an airplane crashed
in
> tan> the Canadian wilderness or so hellish cold place anyway.  Don't
remember
> tan> any of the participants other than Andy Devine (from Kingman, AZ).
Lots
> tan> of radio work going on and it might have been one of the movies
> tan> mentioned here.  Some of the descriptions about "using the last of
the
> tan> aircraft battery" rings a bell.  Andy was the pilot of the C-47
rescue
> tan> aircraft and had no heater in the cockpit.  Wore a long fur coat i
think
> tan> and had a long stick of some sort that he could use to change
settings
> tan> on the control boxes overhead without taking his hands out of his
pockets.
>
> tan> ANyone remember that one?  It's been a long time since i've seen it
so i
> tan> don't remember any particular radio scenes.
>
> tan> Larry
> tan> W0OGH
>
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