[Milsurplus] Radio movies

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Yeah, and my favorite, tuning the BC-306 to try to bring back the fading AFRS 
station in Memphis Belle.

In a message dated 7/18/2005 10:20:45 PM Central Daylight Time, 
brianm at carsoncomm.net writes: 
> 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...  :-)
> 

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