| CAR RADIO Strange invention is demonstrated - possibly the forerunner of the in-car stereo! | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6801 |
| Catalog #: | 446606 | |
| Clip Number: | 446606-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 307 | |
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| Location: | Great Britain | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/RADIO: Technology | |
| Description: | CAR RADIO "Another Wireless Wonder." Strange invention is demonstrated - possibly the forerunner of the in-car stereo! United Kingdom Street scene with cars, double-decker bus etc. MS side view men sit in parked automobile with top down; between front & back seats is a large box on top of which an octagonal metal thing with a thing like a Victrola horn sticking through it is mounted. The guy in the back seat is wearing headphones. View from rt side of car: here we can see the controls on the back of the box and the wire connecting the listener's headphones. MLS car; can see antenna like small metal towers on front and back end of the car. They turn the speaker sort of thing toward the front. Then the guy in front gets the headphones. MCU guy in back seat listening to radio, adjusting the knobs on the box, smoking cigarette. MLS the car drives away. Cut to shot of car returning on same street past park. More shots of car approaching and driving past. radio, communications, technology, wacky, weird, unusual, automobiles, portable radio, car radio | |
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