On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:38:22 -0400, K3HVG wrote:

Richard Knoppow wrote:


I am not sure what venue the film was meant for.
Probably not theatrical release. I remember seeing lots of this sort of
stuff in grammer school but this doesn't quite fit that either.


I have seen a version of this with a Signal Corps officer and his
introduction that described the ongoing cooperation between industry and
the military. I would tend to agree that this was not a film for
outside distribution as its a bit esoteric for the masses. I'll bet it
was a typical "film of interest" for the various Army signal schools.
When I was in high school, a young lady who's father worked for one of
the Government archive agencies loaned a car-load of 16mm WWII technical
training films to our school. I can vividly remember the movie on the
SCR-506 with it mounted in trucks and other vehicles. That's the one
that made the cover of a 1945 QST. The '299 video is a keeper, for sure,
but wonder where all the other ones are now?

de K3HVG

I wonder if the military sent the films out to amateur radio clubs as
well? It'd be a good recruitment tool both for the signal corps and for
various manufacturers looking for skilled hands.

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