{"id":63038,"date":"2025-05-29T08:59:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T12:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63038"},"modified":"2025-05-29T07:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:04:33","slug":"hallicrafters-1944-film-voice-of-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/hallicrafters-1944-film-voice-of-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Hallicrafters\u2019 1944 Film, &#8220;Voice of Victory&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17250\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg 639w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters-455x300.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to<em> SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Fred Waterer, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I&#8217;ve fallen down a YouTube rabbit hole.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This time a video that is part propaganda, part Hallicrafters ad, and part documentary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Pretty interesting how they adapted the radios to wartime conditions:<\/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\/Jps0_2adUvo?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\/Jps0_2adUvo?si=YFrPkaVUloRHBrMT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Fred Waterer, who writes: I&#8217;ve fallen down a YouTube rabbit hole. This time a video that is part propaganda, part Hallicrafters ad, and part documentary. Pretty interesting how they adapted the radios to wartime conditions: Click here to view on YouTube.<\/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":[3,305,288,43],"tags":[2729,1255,4094,4093,676],"class_list":["post-63038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-fred-waterer","tag-hallicrafters","tag-nostalgia","tag-videos","tag-wwii"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-goK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65029,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/video-when-shortwave-radio-connected-soldiers-overseas-with-their-families-in-wwii\/","url_meta":{"origin":63038,"position":0},"title":"Video: When Shortwave Radio Connected Soldiers Overseas with Their Families in WWII","author":"Thomas","date":"December 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Fred Waterer, who writes: \"The History Guy\" (a terrific YouTube channel) talks about the technical marvel of uniting the four radio networks and soldiers overseas via shortwave at Christmas 1942 and 1943. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xiS4Imqs47M Click here to view on YouTube.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/xiS4Imqs47M\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8589,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/video-ken-operates-his-hallicrafter-s-120-for-the-first-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":63038,"position":1},"title":"Video: Ken operates his Hallicrafter S-120 for the first time","author":"Thomas","date":"January 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to our last post regarding Hallicrafters' promotional 45 RPM record, Ken Carr comments: \"I got the entire promotional kit for the [Hallicrafters] S120 when I was a kid. My parents even bought the radio for me. I still have everything, including the record. How could you not want\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Boat Anchors&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Boat Anchors","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/boat-anchors-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Hallicrafters S-120","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Hallicrafters-S-1201.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Hallicrafters-S-1201.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Hallicrafters-S-1201.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17248,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/1944-wwii-hallicrafters-shortwave-radio-promo\/","url_meta":{"origin":63038,"position":2},"title":"1944 WWII Hallicrafters Shortwave Radio Promo","author":"Robert Gulley","date":"February 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Interesting 15 min. video demonstrating the Army Signal Corps using an Hallicrafters SCR-299. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TURd_XVpwvk While certainly a promotional piece for Hallicrafters, this has great footage and captures a bit of the excitement of radio expanding into new frontiers. There is a discussion of how the radio was modified for military\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Boat Anchors&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Boat Anchors","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/boat-anchors-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"WWII-Hallicrafters","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16737,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/mike-ids-a-hallicrafters-skyrider-in-avengers-scene\/","url_meta":{"origin":63038,"position":3},"title":"Mike IDs a Hallicrafters Skyrider in Avengers scene","author":"Thomas Witherspoon","date":"January 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to my post about finding a glowing Hallicrafters radio in a scene from the Avengers: Age of Ultron, SWLing Post reader, Mike (AC4NS) writes: \"I put the pic in Lightroom and pulled it out of the shadows. It is definitely a Skyrider and not an SX-28.\" Wow--I'm amazed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1024x429.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1024x429.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1024x429.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16644,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/avengers-age-of-ultron-scene-is-that-a-hallicrafters-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":63038,"position":4},"title":"Avengers &#8216;Age of Ultron&#8217; scene: is that a Hallicrafters receiver?","author":"Thomas","date":"January 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"With the recent posts about shortwave radio in films (Star Wars and Star Trek),\u00a0I remembered a scene from Avengers: Age of Ultron where I thought I spotted a vintage Hallicrafters receiver. In the scene, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) is using an \"old school spy method\" to find the whereabouts of Black\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1-1024x432.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1-1024x432.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avengers-Ultron-Hallicrafters-Radios-1-1024x432.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4181,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/the-connection-between-hallicrafters-and-1940s-electronic-warfare\/","url_meta":{"origin":63038,"position":5},"title":"The connection between Hallicrafters and 1940s electronic warfare","author":"Thomas","date":"August 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"One of my favorite ham radio blogs is that of John (AE5X). Like me, he's a QRPer--meaning, as amateur radio operators, we love making contacts across this great globe of ours using very low power...typically 5 watts or less. The challenge is fun, the medium is magical. 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