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April 6th 09, 11:21 PM
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Hallicrafter's Tour on Film
"JB" wrote in message ... I found a tour of the Hallicrafter's plant on line. This is a WW-2 propaganda film, dated 1944 and titled "Voice of Victory". In two parts at http://www.archive.org It has considerable detail on the construction of the BC-610 and shows some other products in somewhat less detail. -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles WB6KBL My bet is they didn't need always need a heater in the back of the SCR266. Interesting to see all the dollies and come-alongs used in production. Also tons of other neat-o screen gems at that site. A keeper. I looked at the film again and see what you mean by the dollies, etc. I didn't realize the first time how much hand work was done. I didn't see a single power tool of any sort, the closest was a "Yankee" screwdriver. Undoubtedly there were power tools elsewhere but they didn't seem to be used for assembly. BTW, the ham radio scene near the opening is one of the few representations of ham radio on film that is not laughable. I did notice the absense of a clock, the fellow checks the time on his watch. Perhaps deliberately so that there would be no problems with the clock jumping around between shots. Jam Handy Films, who made this epic, was based in Detroit and produced a lot of industrials for General Motors, particularly the Chevrolet division, some of which are on this site. They did all right, except when they tried to emulate Hollywood, as in the montage at the end of this film. -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles WB6KBL |
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