{"id":31269,"date":"2018-03-20T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31269"},"modified":"2018-03-20T07:00:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T11:00:45","slug":"air-waves-a-wwii-era-film-about-the-art-of-broadcasting-at-nbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/air-waves-a-wwii-era-film-about-the-art-of-broadcasting-at-nbc\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Air Waves&#8221;: A WWII era film about the art of broadcasting at NBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rko-radio-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31270\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rko-radio-picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rko-radio-picture.jpg 720w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rko-radio-picture-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Rko-radio-picture-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mike Hansgen (K8RAT), who shares the following film by\u00a0RKO Radio Pictures <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Wgy99fQ5LKw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wgy99fQ5LKw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Wgy99fQ5LKw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the film description:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Made during WWII by RKO Radio Pictures, AIR WAVES gives a brief history of the radio, and shows the development of the technology as it progressed from a crystal set novelty to an indispensable part of American life. Radio City Music Hall and the Rockefeller Center are seen at the 2:00 mark, with the largest radio studios in the world. At 2:30, the NBC studios are seen and at 3:10 a demonstration is made of how sound effects are made using cellophane, wooden blocks, and rubber spheres. At 4:10, a studio is seen with actors rehearsing their lines, and an engineer working with the actors to make sure everything is technically okay. At 5:41, announcers Milton Cross is seen with Jack Costello and Calvin Keach. &#8220;Twin gods of radio broadcasting are the clock and the conference&#8230;&#8221; says the narrator, and at 6:00 you&#8217;ll see the discussions that lead up to the broadcast of any network show on radio (and today, on TV). At 7:15, records are played on the air, scripts are produced on steno and mimeograph machines, and all sorted&#8230; The music library is seen at 7:48 with sheet music laid out. At 8:06, all stations are notified of the latest information with the new program and a dress rehearsal undertaken. The stopwatch commands the attention of everyone, and the program is finally on the air at the 9:10 mark.<\/p>\n<p>At 10:00, the film dramatically shifts to show December 7th in Hawaii, and speaks about the work of NBC to sell war bonds and promote national defense and &#8220;do its share unflinchingly&#8221;. The war effort is shown with men and women working on the air to help people working &#8220;at war&#8221; and boosting their morale. Lowell Thomas is shown at the 11:30 mark, keeping the public informed of the latest developments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks for the tip, Mike! It&#8217;s truly amazing to see the amount of effort that went into live radio broadcasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike Hansgen (K8RAT), who shares the following film by\u00a0RKO Radio Pictures via YouTube. Click here to watch on YouTube. Here&#8217;s the film description: Made during WWII by RKO Radio Pictures, AIR WAVES gives a brief history of the radio, and shows the development of the technology as it progressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,305,288,304],"tags":[5729,3422,5672,4091,6902,676],"class_list":["post-31269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-videos","tag-broadcast-radio-history","tag-mike-k8rat","tag-nbc","tag-radio-history","tag-rko-radio-pictures","tag-wwii"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-88l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39449,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/bbcs-secret-world-war-two-activities-revealed\/","url_meta":{"origin":31269,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;BBC&#8217;s secret World War Two activities revealed&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"September 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Fred Waterer and Mike Hansgen who share the following article from the BBC: A new archive has revealed the BBC's role in secret activities during World War Two, including sending coded messages to European resistance groups. 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