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Apocalypse Now: As we know, the thing came out with different endings. In the 70mm roadshow print, the Captain uses a radio to report mission accomplished, and goes back to the boat. In the 35mm wide-release version, he uses the radio to call in the air strike, and Kurtz's camp blows up for several minutes under closing credits. Also, Marlon Brando is seen making covert propaganda broadcasts using a military manpack. Contact: Teenage ham grows up and becomes a radio astronomer, uses communication radio savvy to decode messages from extraterrestrials. Convoy: Like in the song, the interstate truck drivers use CB radios to form the ultimate truck convoy. Crimson Tide: US missile sub gets EAM message to stand by for missile launch, but then doesn't get confirmation or cancellation. Captain tries to launch WW III over crew objections, starting a mutiny and gun battle for control of the sub. Eye of the Needle: WW II spy in Britain uses short wave radio to contact handlers. Frequency: Kid finds his dead father's old ham radio and fires it up during the mother of all auroral storms. He hears his dad from the past and tries to influence history to prevent his untimely death. Gangs of New York (30s version): Mob boss runs operations from a covert short wave radio hidden in his cell. He is caught and thrown in solitary. Note that Martin Scorsese's Oscar contender from last year has the same title, but it is set in the 1860s. King of the Rocket Men: Classic 50s B-grade serial features a guy who can fly with a rocket suit, battling the evil Dr. Vulcan, whose lair sure looks like a nice old AM transmitting site, wire antenna and all. The same Motorola VHF repeaters appear as set-dress all the way through, in many different scenes. The Disney flick Rocketeer drew heavily on this one for art direction. The Longest Day: French Resistance listens to the BBC for coded instructions. Announcer reads messages, not Steaganographic but just lines from poems and such. When "Wound and fill my heart with a monotonous languour," and "Jean has a black moustache" are heard read on the air, members of the Resistance activate pre D-Day invasion support operations. This is supposed to be based on actual history. The simulated broadcast on the sound track even has CW QRM. On the Beach: The last submarine left in the post-WW III world hears random CW beeping, and leaves Australia to see if there is anyone else left alive on Earth besides the Australians. Turns out that a bottle has fallen into a window-shade pull loop, contacting the straight key every time wind blows through the open window. This was shot at one of the coastal stations, with some great-looking gear. Character uses the key to send a sitrep back to the sub in fast Morse. I remember copying "...BOTTLE RESTING ON KEY..." Rolling Down the Great Divide: Cattle rustlers coordinate their criminal activities with short wave radios. This Island Earth: Secret agents in our midst use hidden, futuristic radio consoles hidden in their homes to contact a race of aliens seeking to invade the Earth. Radio is called an "Interrositer." And last year there was a movie called CQ, but it had nothing to do with radio at all. -hugh Hugh Stegman NV6H 34N 118W MT Utility World http://www.ominous-valve.com/uteworld.html _______________________________________________ Spooks mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
