Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce Fisher, who writes:
Here’s a radio from the 1953 French film (whose English title is) “The Wages of Fear“. Can anyone identify it?
Radio spotted in “Le Salaire de la Peur/The Wages of Fear”
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Tag Archives: Radios in Movies
Radio Sighting in “Let’s Get Harry”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Perry Lusk, who writes:
Guess what kids? Another radio sighting from the 1986 film Let’s Get
Harry! Lots of big names in this one including Mark Harmon, Robert
Duvall, Gary Busey, and former founding member of the Eagles Glenn Frey.
While on a covert rescue mission in Columbia, they found the bad guy’s
hideout with some old Yaesu equipment among other radios.
Hmmm… I wonder how far they could get out with that mag-mount
antenna? And what band is it tuned for?
Paul spots an AOR AR-3000A in “20 Days in Mariupol”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul, who writes:
Hi Thomas,
“20 Days in Mariupol” won this year’s Oscar for Best Documentary.
The movie is about the Russian siege to that city in the opening days
of the Ukraine invasion, as recounted by a filmmaker located there.
There is a segment of the movie about Russia’s use of propaganda to
demoralize the local population. The still photo shows an AOR AR-3000a
communications receiver playing a Russian broadcast, trying to
convince the city’s inhabitants that they cannot stop the invasion.
That radio was reviewed on The SWLing Post a few years ago:
The sad and grim movie is available for free viewing at PBS:
The part showing the radio starts around the 35:16 mark.
Thank you for sharing this, Paul.
Frans spots radios in The Royal Tenenbaums
Perry spots a Zenith Transoceanic in “The Alligator People”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Perry Lusk (KG7YC), who writes:
I spotted this on an old “B” rated film:
Might be more fun to identify the movie than the Zenith Transoceanic we all know.
The answer is The Alligator People (1959). The man is diagnosed with a fatal medical problem and try’s getting an experimental procedure that involves alligator DNA and later turns into a, you guessed it, an alligator!
Wow! That sounds like a wild ride for the protagonist!
So we may all recognize a Transoceanic when we see one, but does anyone know the exact model? Feel free to comment!
Dan spots an ICOM in the trailer for the new film “I.S.S.”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes:
An ICOM transceiver features in the new movie I.S.S. A film from the space disaster genre about U.S. and Russian astronauts and cosmonauts on the space station when nuclear war breaks out down on Earth. See if you can ID the radio, which flashes by quite quickly in the trailer for the movie:
Click here to view on YouTube.
Did you catch it? If you want to confirm, check out this screen shot from the trailer… Continue reading
Jarno spots vintage radios in “The Undeclared War”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jarno (PA3DMI), who writes:
Hi Thomas,
I found some radio’s in the UK spy series ‘The Undeclared War.’
It’s GCHQ the spy department in the UK. In episode 4 one of the leading characters makes a visit and look so many Yaesu, Eddystone, Heathkit and many more radio’s.
Bye from Amsterdam,
Jarno – PA3DMI
Many thanks for sharing this, Jarno! This looks like a fascinating series as well. Thank you for the tip!