Entertainment Radio Footage - WPA Film Library

Entertainment Radio

QUEEN WILHELMINA OF THE NETHERLANDS BROADCASTS IN BRITAIN Queen Wilhelmina Makes Speech Attacking German Aggression

RADIO CAROLINE Out takes (rushes, cuts)

Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony

Fiorello La Guardia Reads Dick Tracy Over the Radio

BROADCASTING The B.B.C. broadcasts messages to men in the Royal Air Force who are serving in Canada.

Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony

OPENING OF BFN STUDIO COLOGNE The British Forces Network, serving occupation troops in Germany, has new premises.

AMERICAN SUBURBIA Car Radio, 1970s

Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony

Rock Band and Las Vegas

Miscellaneous Footage

BOY'S BIG CHANCE Three talented schoolboys demonstrate their skills on air at the B.B.C.

Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony

VATICAN RADIO STATION'S NEW TOWER INAUGURATION BY POPE 81 year old Pontiff delivered a 15 minute peace message in Latin to the world.

THE QUINS LISTEN TO PRINCESS ELIZABETH The Dionne Quins in Canada Are Shown Listening to Princess Elizabeth's Broadcast

Miscellaneous Footage

Sea Sentinel: Navy Demonstrates Offshore Radar

News in Brief: Washington DC, Voice Of America.

RADIO AT 100 MPH! MG cars are equipped with radios to help them plan their tacti

Radio Announcer & Antenna

Radio Announcer - CBS

THE MAST MASTERS Old radio masts are knocked to the ground

Listening To The Radio

Radio towers

Radio Tower - Cuba

FDR Reads Bonus Veto To Joint Congress

Ike Warns Mid-East on Reds.

BROOKMANS PARKS RIVAL Powerful Radio Transmitter in Germany

GIRL WITH PORTABLE WIRELESS ON LEG Portable Radio in Garter with Umbrella Antenna

CAR RADIO Strange invention is demonstrated - possibly the forerunner of the in-car stereo!

Radio DJ in Sound Booth

Atenna - radar antenna

Radar antenna (army service corp.)

Old microphone

Radio/TV "Stand by-on the air" sign

Broadcasting Antenna

Truck radio

Int. radio station

Radio/announcer
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A TALL STORY Constructing a Radio Tower

"Radio tower"

RUGBY WIRELESS STATION Shots of radio transmitter tower and wireless station in Rugby, Warwickshire.

Wireless League Enrolling

Atlas In Orbit

Secretary Of State Herbert Hoover Jr. Arrives In Berlin

FUR COAT AD GETS COMPANY IN TROUBLE Light-hearted American item where a store sells a fur coat for 497 potatoes.

MODERN WIRELESS Front view of a wireless.

Radio Announcer

Radio Announcer - CBS

Radio Announcers

Radio Announcer & Antenna

50s Radios & Record Player

CYCLE RADIO Marilyn Carter has small radio attached to her bicycle so she can listen whilst she travels.

HELICOPTER AIDS JAMS Helicopter reports traffic situation to radio for broadcast.

THE MODERN MUSICAL BOX Very good film of footage of radio set factory

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 87) Radio voters in New York.

ANOTHER WIRELESS WONDER Big aerials and speakers enable the passengers of a car to listen to the wireless whilst travelling.

GEORGE BROADCASTS Two dogs are seen 'broadcasting' to the nation.

PETER MIKE COATES Peter Mike Coates does impressions of celebrities, including Cyril Fletcher and Churchill.

SOUND QUIZ Eammon Andrews hosts an edition of Pictorial Sound Quiz.

Selected Originals - THE PIDDINGTONS KEEP MILLIONS GUESSING A radio thought transference act are filmed passing message

Â£300 BICYCLE bicycle equipped with numerous gadgets

RADIO STARS 'TAKE IT FROM HERE' National Radio Awards presented at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London.

THE VOICE OF FREEDOM OPENS A NEW RADIO STATION The dedication ceremony for Radio Free Europe, transmitting to Czechoslovakia from Munich.

Selected Originals - THE PIDDINGTONS KEEP MILLIONS GUESSING A radio thought transference act are filmed passing message.

RADIO CYCLIST Arthur Newman fixes a radio to his bicycle so he can tune in whilst cycling

Selected Originals - THE PIDDINGTONS KEEP MILLIONS GUESSING A radio thought transference act are filmed passing message

Selected Originals - THE PIDDINGTONS KEEP MILLIONS GUESSING A radio thought transference act are filmed passing message.

ROBOT RADIOS Inventor John Sargrove and the mass production of his radio invention by machines.

BOTANY AND ARTHUR MARSHALL Arthur Marshall in both of his jobs - as a school master, and as a radio star.

CHILDREN CALLING HOME Parents in radio studio talk to their children who have been evacuated to USA.

BBC EFFECTS GIRL The sound effects girls at work during studio broadcast of the "Dick Barton" radio show.

THE CASANI CLUB ORCHESTRA Good footage of Charlie Kunz and the Casani Club Orchestra, London.

THE FOUR ACES The Four Aces perform a comedy sketch around a microphone about gangsters being chased by police.

THE FOUR ACES The Four Aces perform a piece called 'Air Raid'

'MUCH BINDING IN THE MARSH' Great story shows recording of popular radio show 'Much Binding In The Marsh'.

A MIRACLE OF WIRELESS TELEPHONY AND SOUND RECORDING Long distance phone calls be

HELLO MARS Gugliemo Marconi on yacht "Electra" testing his new aerial

HIS MAJESTIES SPEECH TO HIS PEOPLES King George V's Christmas speech with montage of shots of Britain and Empire.

KING EDWARD VIII'S FIRST BROADCAST TO THE EMPIRE King Edward VIII makes his first broadcast to the Empire, the soundtrack is missing.

CARAVAN MAN A 'personality', William Knott, makes caravans, enjoys golf, cars, amateur radio and boats.

Ham Radio Equipment

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTERS MARJORIE ANDERSON

THE PIDDINGTONS KEEP MILLIONS GUESSING A radio thought transference act are filmed passing message.

RADIO CAROLINE Great stuff of DJs aboard Radio Caroline ship - Tony Blackburn, Simon Dee and others.

NEW WIRELESS MAST Cameraman goes to great lengths to get good shots from the top of a radio mast.

WORK OR WANT WEEK MAKES THE HEADLINES (aka RADIOLYMPIA EXHIBITION OPENS)

RADIO EXHIBITION IN MEVRO International Radio Exhibition looking at demonstrations of the latest equipment

DE VALERA'S BROADCAST SPEECH Irish President Eamon De Valera sits at desk reading a speech.

RADIO HAT A man at a bus stop tries out the new invention of the Radio hat.

LISTENING POST BBC radio editors monitor broadcasts that come in from all over the world.

HIS HOLINESS THE POPE (aka HIS HOLYNESS THE POPE) Pope Pius XI meets Marconi at

A MODERN MIRACLE New NBC Radio studios in New York are opened by David Sarnoff.

MAGIC OF THE ETHER Great story shows us radio production behind the scenes at Radio City in New York.

JUST WILLIAM (JOHN CLARK) A look at young 'Just William' actor John Clark as he relaxes at home.

MUSICAL PILLOWS Patients in hospital listen to radio through speakers kept under pillow.

THE KING'S MICROPHONE The King's microphone is delivered to the House of Lords, London.

Radio and TV Stations in Los Angeles

Major Bowes Amateur Hour

PREPARING WEMBLEY FOR OLYMPICS

Deanna Durbin Wins Coveted Radio Award

Delivery of Supplies to Radio Station

RADIO AND CRYSTAL SET Shots of an old fashioned Radio and crystal wireless set.

WHAT DO YOU REALLY HEAR ON THE WIRELESS?

BROADCASTING HEART BEATS

MIDGET RADIO A small auratone portable radio can be carried in the pocket and listened to anywhere.

VOICE OF AMERICA TO RUSSIA America prepares for its first radio broadcast to Russia.

ECHO FREE ROOM Scientists test the latest radio speaker in an echo free chamber

SOUND QUIZ Eamonn Andrews introduces the Pictorial mystery sounds quiz.

ATLANTIC BRIDGED BY A VOICE History is made when communication between America and Britain is made by telephone.

"ON THE AIR" WAVES A look at some ways of listening to the radio outside the home.

SCHOOL RADIO STATION Great short film about radio station run by school children interested in farming!!?

TV Ad for Emerson Radios & Phonographs, 1950s

SIDELIGHTS ON OUR SPRINGBOK ARMY ACTIVITIES UP NORTH (aka SPRING BOKS IN KENYA) Good material of the South Africa army at work in North and East Africa.

WIRELESS LICENCE - TRAILER. Ministry of Information film reminding people to get a radio licence.

1944 Bob Hope USO Tour

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 35) Radio in a walnut

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 79) An American radio station that stores European transmissions overnight

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 52) A 12 year old radio operator in Australia

TRAIN WRECK A train wreck is staged in an American Broadcasting Studio through the work of actors and sound effects men.

FISHERMAN RADIO A fisherman listens to the radio through headphones whilst he is sat on the beach mending his nets.

ANOTHER WIRELESS WONDER Big aerials and speakers enable the passengers of a car to listen to the wireless whilst travelling.

WILLIAM JOYCE - LORD HAW HAW William Joyce - broadcaster of Nazi propaganda - under guard two British soldiers.

MUSEUM OF SOUND A look at the work of the B.B.C. in recording sounds for posterity.

25 Years Ago: FDR Speaks to the Nation

50 AND OVER CLUB WITH JOHN DUNNE Radio broadcast of club meeting for Sydney folk over 50.

SEOUL TOWER

KINGS ENGLISH Reel 1 Brilliant film about teaching foreign students (and yokels) to speak the "King's English" - superb!

KINGS ENGLISH REEL 2 Brilliant film about teaching foreign students (and yokels) to speak the "King's English" - superb!

KINGS ENGLISH Reel 1 Brilliant film about teaching foreign students (and yokels) to speak the "King's English" - superb!

PIRATE RADIO AFLOAT Commercial radio station - Radio Caroline - broadcasts from a boat off Harwich

HUGH MORTON: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Very good item showing Hugh Morton broadcasting 'Stuff and Nonsense' show from hospital.

KINGS ENGLISH reel 1 Brilliant film about teaching foreign students (and yokels) to speak the "King's English" - superb!

Radio Hour Entertainment

Radios

PREPARING WEMBLEY FOR OLYMPICS

Radio Broadcast

MR VINCENT MASSEY WITH CANADIAN AIRMEN The Canadian High Commissioner Meets Men of the RCAF at Base in England

Radio Broadcast

Radio Program

Radio Announcer

RADIO AT 100 MPH! MG cars are equipped with radios to help them plan their tacti

AMERICA'S LATEST RAGE 'RADIO INFORMATION' People ring in to the NBC studios and ask all sorts of questions to a panel of four men. America.

Old Time Radio, Older Time Folks

RADIO PRAM A radio attached to a pram lets mother listen through headphones whilst walking her daughter.

Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony

THE LISTENERS IN - AN OFF MOMENT OF WELL KNOWN FOLK Actors Picnic, Listen to Radio

Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony

WIRELESS MAST Workmen in Nallen, Germany climb up the world's tallest wireless tower as part of their daily routine.

INTERNATIONAL RADIO LINK FOR SHIPPING Good shots of new German radio station broadcasting information for ships.

1945 Bob Hope USO Tour

GUESS THE MUSIC Three pieces of music are played and we have to guess the tune and the instruments.

1945 Bob Hope USO Tour

KEEP FIT OVER THE RADIO Light hearted item about people joining in keep fit programme broadcast over the radio. France.

QUEEN WILHELMINA OF THE NETHERLANDS BROADCASTS IN BRITAIN Queen Wilhelmina Makes Speech Attacking German Aggression

AMERICAN EAGLE CLUB U.S. servicemen get a taste of home at the American Eagle Club

VHF FOR BFN Inauguration of new British Forces Network radio station in Cologne.

NORMAN CORWIN US DRAMATIST Footage of radio journalist Norman Corwin telling the public there will be no war.

FRED LATHAM Baritone Fred Latham sings "The Same Old Story".

LONDON (aka FRENCH SCHOOL TEACHERS VISIT BBC) Footage of the interior of Broadcasting House, London.

SOUND OPERATOR AND ANNOUNCER Radio announcer, newspaper printing press working & record being played on turntable.

LONDON CALLING Radio Broadcast of Cinema Sing

Flashpoints USA w/Bryant Gumbel & Gwen Ifill - Censorship Dissusion

NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA Singer Frankie Avalon being mobbed. Sydney, Australia.

Miscellaneous Footage

PLOUGH BOY AND RADIO A young man makes the hours in the fields go by - he carries a radio set with him.

Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony

Old Radio and Gramophone

Radio Announcer

Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony

Inauguration of Radio Free Europe

RUGBY RADIO STATION Building work on Britain's biggest wireless Station.

DISC JOCKEY Radio DJs & Announcers at Work

Radio Tower

VALVE A look at how valves work in microphones and radios.

Man Speaking into Microphone