[MRCA] WWI Signal Corps Film

Fri May 1 15:32:59 EDT 2020

Observation balloons were used during the civil war but were viewed with
skepticism as to their usefulness --  The Epic of Flight book "The
Aeronauts" provides a nice account of John Wise and John LaMountain as they
persevered to get ballooning accepted by the military.   This isn't
surprising;  the military viewed radio the same way when it was first
introduced.

73 Mark K3MSB

73 Mark K3MSB

On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 1:24 PM Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu> wrote:

> Millers “Photographic History of the Civil War” has one volume that has
> the Signal Corps that has multiple photographs of different signal towers
> built during the war. Was looking at it because of the conversation.
> Several huge seventy five or hundred feet tall towers for signaling. There
> is also a chapter on telegraph operations and the Balloon service.
>
> Observation Balloons were used throughout the war and imagine maybe the
> Wright Flyer was seen as a extension of the balloons? So that would be the
> grounds for evaluation at a later date.
>
>
> Find it interesting in the Civil War telegraph operators were civilian
> employees and many of the military did not trust them as such, also that it
> was forbidden for any military members to be authorized or know how the
> ciphers worked.
>
> I got a key, sounder and a wet cell battery and maybe if someone else can
> bring theirs out to Gilbert this year we can do a real vintage
> communications set up!
>
>
> Forty or fifty years ago had a TG-5 but never did anything with it and
> traded it away, would kind of like to have another just to play around with
> today. Assume that they were built to work with existing signal wire land
> line telegraph circuits?
>
>
>
> Friday are slow days, not that any have been busy with this Covid stuff
> and staying at home so it gives me an excuse to write about obscure and
> arcane things and try to push forward into the past.
>
>
>
>  Wont put up any more random thoughts!
>
>
> Ray F/KA3EKH
>
>
>
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> *From:* mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net <mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on
> behalf of Gene Smar via MRCA <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, May 1, 2020 12:31 PM
> *To:* 'Military Radio Collectors Association' <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [MRCA] WWI Signal Corps Film
>
>
> Further to my initial email (below) on the subject:
> http://www.wright-brothers.org/History_Wing/Wright_Story/Showing_the_World/Back_in_Air/Signal_Corps_Spec.htm
>
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> 73 de
>
> Gene Smar  AD3F
>
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> *From:* mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> *On Behalf Of *ersmar at verizon.net via MRCA
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 30, 2020 9:56 PM
> *To:* Al Klase <ark at ar88.net>; Ken Krausgill <ken.krausgill at verizon.net>;
> 'Military Radio Collectors Association' <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [MRCA] WWI Signal Corps Film
>
>
>
> Signal Corps also was the Wright brothers first customer. SC purchased a
> couple of the original designs and test  flew them in the DC area.
>
>
>
> 73 de
>
> Gene Smart AD3F
>
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon HTC Smartphone
>
>
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Al Klase" <ark at ar88.net>
> To: "Ken Krausgill" <ken.krausgill at verizon.net>, "'Military Radio
> Collectors Association'" <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [MRCA] WWI Signal Corps Film
> Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2020 8:25 PM
>
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> The Signal Corps was the Army's IT department since about 1861.  They
> trained photographers and cinematographers.
>
> AQl
>
> On 4/30/2020 7:36 PM, Ken Krausgill wrote:
>
> That’s fantastic Al, thank you for sending it out to us!
>
>
>
> Super clean footage too!
>
>
>
> Ken
>
> KD2GFM
>
>
>
> *From:* mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> <mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net>] *On Behalf Of *Al Klase
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 30, 2020 1:32 PM
> *To:* Military Radio Collectors Association <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* [MRCA] WWI Signal Corps Film
>
>
>
> Folks,
>
> I stumbled upon a film on the National Archive site of Signal Corps
> Training in 1918.  Of course it's silent, and it's just a collection of
> clips without much information.  I've added some comments, identifying what
> things I could.
>
> Take a look on my site:
> http://www.ar88.net/sc/Sig_Corps_Training_1918_Rev_0-1.m4v
>
> Let me know if you have anything to add or correct.  Can anyone identify
> the locations?  A college or whatever near the beginning, and a major base,
> and a parade in a city later on.
>
> Enjoy,
> Al
>
>
> --
>
> Al Klase – N3FRQ
>
> Jersey City, NJ
>
> http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
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>
>
> --
>
> Al Klase – N3FRQ
>
> Jersey City, NJ
>
> http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
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