[Spooks] Shortwave at the movies

[John T. Mudd]

Don't forget Independence Day. They use shortwave radio and CW when
the ET's take over the satellites.

John

On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 14:51:28 -0800 "Utility World (Hugh Stegman)"
<utilityworld@ominous-valve.com> writes:
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> Apocalypse Now:   As we know, the thing came out with different 
> endings.  In
> the 70mm roadshow print, the Captain uses a radio to report mission
> accomplished, and goes back to the boat.  In the 35mm wide-release 
> version,
> he uses the radio to call in the air strike, and Kurtz's camp blows 
> up for
> several minutes under closing credits.  Also, Marlon Brando is seen 
> making
> covert propaganda broadcasts using a military manpack.
> 
> Contact:  Teenage ham grows up and becomes a radio astronomer, uses
> communication radio savvy to decode messages from 
> extraterrestrials.
> 
> Convoy:  Like in the song, the interstate truck drivers use CB 
> radios to
> form the ultimate truck convoy.
> 
> Crimson Tide: US missile sub gets EAM message to stand by for 
> missile
> launch, but then doesn't get confirmation or cancellation.  Captain 
> tries to
> launch WW III over crew objections, starting a mutiny and gun battle 
> for
> control of the sub.
> 
> Eye of the Needle:  WW II spy in Britain uses short wave radio to 
> contact
> handlers.
> 
> Frequency:  Kid finds his dead father's old ham radio and fires it 
> up during
> the mother of all auroral storms.  He hears his dad from the past 
> and tries
> to influence history to prevent his untimely death.
> 
> Gangs of New York (30s version): Mob boss runs operations from a 
> covert
> short wave radio hidden in his cell.  He is caught and thrown in 
> solitary.
> Note that Martin Scorsese's Oscar contender from last year has the 
> same
> title, but it is set in the 1860s.
> 
> King of the Rocket Men: Classic 50s B-grade serial features a guy 
> who can
> fly with a rocket suit, battling the evil Dr. Vulcan, whose lair 
> sure looks
> like a nice old AM transmitting site, wire antenna and all.  The 
> same
> Motorola VHF repeaters appear as set-dress all the way through, in 
> many
> different scenes.  The Disney flick Rocketeer drew heavily on this 
> one for
> art direction.
> 
> The Longest Day:  French Resistance listens to the BBC for coded
> instructions.  Announcer reads messages, not Steaganographic but 
> just lines
> from poems and such.  When "Wound and fill my heart with a 
> monotonous
> languour," and "Jean has a black moustache" are heard read on the 
> air,
> members of the Resistance activate pre D-Day invasion support 
> operations.
> This is supposed to be based on actual history.  The simulated 
> broadcast on
> the sound track even has CW QRM.
> 
> On the Beach:  The last submarine left in the post-WW III world 
> hears random
> CW beeping, and leaves Australia to see if there is anyone else left 
> alive
> on Earth besides the Australians.  Turns out that a bottle has 
> fallen into a
> window-shade pull loop, contacting the straight key every time wind 
> blows
> through the open window.  This was shot at one of the coastal 
> stations, with
> some great-looking gear.  Character uses the key to send a sitrep 
> back to
> the sub in fast Morse.  I remember copying "...BOTTLE RESTING ON 
> KEY..."
> 
> Rolling Down the Great Divide:  Cattle rustlers coordinate their 
> criminal
> activities with short wave radios.
> 
> This Island Earth:  Secret agents in our midst use hidden, 
> futuristic radio
> consoles hidden in their homes to contact a race of aliens seeking 
> to invade
> the Earth.  Radio is called an "Interrositer."
> 
> 
> And last year there was a movie called CQ, but it had nothing to do 
> with
> radio at all.
> 
> -hugh
> 
> Hugh Stegman  NV6H   34N 118W
> MT Utility World
> http://www.ominous-valve.com/uteworld.html
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