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"Frank Dresser" writes:


Don't remember much from the movie, but I did read the book. Did the movie
keep the SW radio subplot? The sub crew kept receiving encouraging CW
gibberish, even well after all the other signals went dark. They were able
to direction find the signal to the Pacific Northwest. If I recall, the
elements of the solved mystery involved a pop bottle, a loose window
shutter, and most implausably -- a power grid that never blew it's fuse.

Frank Dresser


Yes, the movie kept the SW radio Subplot.. With everyone in Australia
preparing for the end, Grimly partying or whatever,
( Or falling Hard for Ava Gardner)
They're Always picking up a signal from the Pacific Northwest.
Following the signal with a direction finder, walking up a flight of stairs,
turning into the room..
Eerie scene... just an open window, flapping windowshade with the cord hooked
onto a telegraph key..

Nevile Shute is the author of the book " On The Beach" BTW . . .

"Diverd4777" wrote in message
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Yes, the movie kept the SW radio Subplot.. With everyone in Australia
preparing for the end, Grimly partying or whatever,
( Or falling Hard for Ava Gardner)
They're Always picking up a signal from the Pacific Northwest.
Following the signal with a direction finder, walking up a flight of
stairs,
turning into the room..
Eerie scene... just an open window, flapping windowshade with the cord
hooked
onto a telegraph key..

Nevile Shute is the author of the book " On The Beach" BTW . . .




That's good. I've seen bits and pieces of the movie on TV, but I don't
think I've seen it all. I thought the radio stuff was the best part of the
book.

I generally prefered end of the world stories from late night cheesy 50s
movies, especially Roger Corman's. They were quicker paced than the big
Hollywood productions, and showed more skin.

I also have a dim Sunday School memory of somebody pulling out an old record
player and playing an even older doomsday blast from the past:

http://www.harvestnet.org/prophecies/aaallenvision.htm

Something for us kiddies to think about, I'm sure.

Oh well. The Cold War is over and TV has replaced cheap late nite movies
with infomertials. At least we still have the SW radio doomsayers.

Frank Dresser