{"id":57879,"date":"2023-10-05T11:04:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T15:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=57879"},"modified":"2023-10-05T06:11:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T10:11:38","slug":"can-you-id-this-radio-in-twelve-oclock-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/can-you-id-this-radio-in-twelve-oclock-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you ID this radio in Twelve O’Clock High–?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

At about the 15 minute mark in the classic movie, Twelve O’Clock High<\/a>, about B-17 bomber groups in England during WWII, this scene shows a commander and his assistant listening to Lord Haw Haw from Nazi Germany on a small console radio. Anyone recognize it?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Brigadier General Frank Savage is played by Gregory Peck, his second-in-command by Hugh Marlowe, and Robert Patten and Dean Jagger also star.<\/p>\n

If you can ID this radio model, please comment!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: At about the 15 minute mark in the classic movie, Twelve O’Clock High, about B-17 bomber groups in England during WWII, this scene shows a commander and his assistant listening to Lord Haw Haw from Nazi Germany on a small console radio. Anyone recognize it? 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