{"id":58077,"date":"2023-10-24T05:45:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58077"},"modified":"2023-10-24T05:45:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:45:20","slug":"bill-has-a-shortwave-radio-double-prole-mystery-from-the-killing-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/bill-has-a-shortwave-radio-double-prole-mystery-from-the-killing-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill has a shortwave radio double prole mystery from “The Killing Fields”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Bill (W8LV), who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The TWO shortwave radios from The Killing Fields (1984)<\/a> !<\/p>\n

First Prop: This Shortwave radio is from the movie The Killing Fields (1984) It appears at (about) 1:04:30 in the movie.<\/p>\n

I saw this movie on “The Big Screen” when it came out.. And I had a better view of it at that time. While it was indeed thirty nine years ago(!) I THINK that I recall that on the red label, it said: “ITT” as the brand. And you see the “IC” badge as well. Shortwave radio is integral to this scene, and this is the FIRST Shortwave radio shown.<\/p>\n

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There is a SECOND shortwave radio prop, also integral to a scene, this one at 1:58:30 in the movie. I have no idea what the radio is.<\/p>\n

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Of Course, neither radio has to actually BE a shortwave radio at all, since they are props! But they are SOME kind of radio…<\/p>\n

And NO, I’m not giving away the plot: This is a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED movie for any “newer” SWL\/HAM who hasn’t viewed it… After all, almost a couple of generations have gone by!<\/p>\n

All the Best!<\/p>\n

73 DE W8LV BILL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill (W8LV), who writes: The TWO shortwave radios from The Killing Fields (1984) ! First Prop: This Shortwave radio is from the movie The Killing Fields (1984) It appears at (about) 1:04:30 in the movie. I saw this movie on “The Big Screen” when it came out.. And I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[3,305,43,4796],"tags":[10360,5506,10359],"class_list":["post-58077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-bill-w8lv","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-the-killing-fields"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-f6J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16129,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/bill-recommends-wbcq\/","url_meta":{"origin":58077,"position":0},"title":"Bill recommends WBCQ","author":"Thomas","date":"December 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Bill (W8LV), who writes: I hope the SWLing Audience out there is familiar with WBCQ, and owner Allan's Show: Allan Weiner Worldwide. 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