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Classic Radio and
Broadcasting History Films on 2 DVDs!
An original production published by
The Classic Archives! |
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hours of historic films on the early history of radio.
There's everything from a tour of NBC studios in the 40s,
how radio and sound effects were handled in the 1930's, and
a lot of good information on how radio works and how radio
shows are produced. Also, there is a good film on how
radio was used to win World War II.
This classic collection is on 2 DVD's.
Each DVD contains a fully interactive menu and contains the
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Back of the Mike (1938)
Insider's view of the 1930s
radio studio showing the production of dramatic sound
effects.
Sound, B&W, 9:15
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Behind Your Radio Dial
The Story of NBC (ca. 1947)
Behind the scenes tour of NBC's
radio and television broadcasting facilities at Rockefeller
Center, New York City.
Sound, B&W, 24:04
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Development of
Communication (1927)
Venerable educational film showing technologies of
communication, circa 1920s.
Silent, B&W, 13:04
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The Big Bounce (1960)
The story of the Echo
communications satellite project, and how scientists learned
to bounce a radio signal off a big balloon. Written by
Robert Engel and Leo S. Rosencrans. Narrator: Larry Thor.
Producer and Photographer: Jerry Fairbanks. Editor: Richard
Fritch, ASC. Production Manager: John McKennon. Assistant
Director: Robert Scrivner. Musical Direction: Edward Paul.
Original Score: Gene Kauer. Sound: Lawrence Aicholtz.
Lighting: Grant Spicer.
Sound, Color, 14:23
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Hear and Now (ca. 1958)
How radio brings news and
information to Americans. With footage of many news events
covered by radio and images everyday life in the late 1950s.
Explains how radio serves in the Cold War and during natural
disasters.
Sound, B&W, 18:04
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Independent Radio Station
(1951) Military
training film on a New York radio station, WMCA, owned by
the Nathan Straus family, showing its ownership, management
and activities. Good view of radio in the era when most
stations were locally owned and operated.
Sound, B&W, 18:02
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On the Air (1937)
How radio broadcasting works.
Sound, B&W, 9:55
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Plane Talk (1965)
Shows the varied forms of
communications used by commercial air carriers in confirming
reservations, preparing aircraft for flight, monitoring
aircraft in flight and maintaining air-to-ground contact.
With good imagery of passenger airline operations at the
moment when air travel was just becoming a mass phenomenon.
Sound, Color, 21:58
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Radio and Television
(1940) View of the
radio industry as it existed in 1940, showing potential
occupations at every level. Introduces the new industry of
television, emphasizing its need for specially skilled
workers. Useful imagery of the electronic media in the
pre-World War II era.
Sound, B&W, 10:30
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Radio at War 1944
Communications and communicators
facilitate World War II.
Sound, B&W, 21:57
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Voice of Victory (1944)
How radio equipment helped to
win World War II.
Sound, 2 Parts, B&W, 26:13
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DVD Menu Sampler:
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