{"id":36179,"date":"2019-02-20T07:19:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T11:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=36179"},"modified":"2019-02-21T19:38:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T23:38:16","slug":"this-nyc-vintage-vault-is-a-source-of-electronics-for-movies-and-tv-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/this-nyc-vintage-vault-is-a-source-of-electronics-for-movies-and-tv-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"This NYC vintage vault is a source of electronics for movies and TV shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_34266\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Fear-the-Walking-Dead-S04E11-2_desk2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34266\" class=\"wp-image-34266 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Fear-the-Walking-Dead-S04E11-2_desk2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Fear-the-Walking-Dead-S04E11-2_desk2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Fear-the-Walking-Dead-S04E11-2_desk2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Fear-the-Walking-Dead-S04E11-2_desk2-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From &#8220;Fear of the Walking Dead&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributors Kevin and Stan who share the following article from Gizmodo. Stan notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You (and your readers) often comment on <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/radios-in-movies\">radios in movies and tv shows<\/a>,<br \/>\nso I thought ya&#8217;ll might be interested in the following article:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where Movies Get Their Vintage Electronics&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/where-movies-get-their-vintage-electronics-1832218560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/where-movies-get-their-vintage-electronics-1832218560<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turns out, some come from an electronic waste recycling company in NYC,<br \/>\nwhich repairs and resells some of the waste they collect, puts the best<br \/>\nspecimens in a museum\/prop library for movies and TV show, and the rest<br \/>\nis recycled in an environmentally conscious way without ending up in a<br \/>\nlandfill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/gizmodo.com\/embed\/video\/iframe?id=mcp-3633895&amp;post_id=1832218560&amp;blog_id=4&amp;platform=embed&amp;autoplay=false&amp;mute=true\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fascinating!\u00a0 That vault looks amazing!\u00a0 I think it&#8217;s brilliant that set designers reach for vintage radios and I&#8217;m glad the vault has a ready supply!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Kevin and Stan who share the following article from Gizmodo. Stan notes: You (and your readers) often comment on radios in movies and tv shows, so I thought ya&#8217;ll might be interested in the following article: &#8220;Where Movies Get Their Vintage Electronics&#8221; https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/where-movies-get-their-vintage-electronics-1832218560 Turns out, some come from an [&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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4796],"tags":[1324,5506],"class_list":["post-36179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-vintage-radio","tag-gizmodo","tag-radios-in-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9px","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28686,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/jack-berg-sales-you-too-can-own-a-brand-new-vintage-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":36179,"position":0},"title":"Jack Berg Sales: You too can own a brand new vintage radio!","author":"Thomas","date":"October 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ron, who shares a link to Jack Berg Sales--a company specializing in New In Box (NIB) vintage electronics. 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