"Radio Hams" Film (Pete Smith Specialty)

[moorking11]

Very interesting.

very good

Many thanks.

73 de DK4VN

[MrEuronet]

Super Video! HB3YCG

[Moreoff]

He should have had a Carbon Monoxide detector.

[JR1CFH]

 very good video.

I remembered boyhood.

Thanks.73

[fromthesidelines]

Originally released in May 1939.

[RachelGota]

Very nice video !!!

PY2USA Brazil

[greenrefrigerator]

I guess this was the pre-Mrs. Fletcher "I've fallen and I can't get up" emergency radio transponder system.

And to think this guy started it all . . .

[rs4425]

Excellent. Thanks

[MrCaughtonvideo]

great video ,

[wolff1955]

This is wonderful publicity for a great radio service of dedicated volunteers. 73, KA7AGN / DL4VCW.

[XE1GXG]

Ja ja ja...como han cambiado los tiempos. 73....XE1GXG

[sallyt17]

Wonderful. Spread the word. Email this URL to some of your ham friends as I have. Let's keep our very special Ham spirit alive, never to die.

ZL1AQ

[lu5ebj]

that era! in which we had to make our team.

[iz8kvw]

nice video 73 de IZ8KVW

[sjg402]

Gr8 video.Thanks for sharing.

[docross2009]

Super video, I shared it with my uncle Vern, W8TJS, who got me interested in ham radio back about 40 years ago! I have been licensed since! He often bemoans the loss of some of the joy of the phone patches he used to run for the South Pole explorers and ships at sea! The technology may have changed the face of ham radio but it will never change the hearts of the amateur! Ross, WB8KMP

[eisenkatze]

Jimmy looks familiar but I can't place him. The Ship radio operator is the Lone Ranger, Clayton Moore,

[HamoperatorPD0MV]

very Great video

73 PD0MV

[XE1GXG]

Sounds like Groucho Marx is narrating. Nice xylophone-brass parts in the music score. 73 !

[sv1bdo]

I like it !!! 73, Sotiris SV1BDO



[daleriff]

Great Video

73's KD8OTU

[cn8qy]

Nice video and my 73 DE CN8QY

[teamfab]

Jimmy Mulligan need to get a bloody life lol..

[samalayork]

...pieces of assorted junk..... baaaaaahahahahahahaha!!!

[9k2ub]

Proud to be a member of this great fraternity.

Mohammad A. Almutairi ~ Kuwait

[dl7und]

Nice film!

[lkjhgfddddddddddsamn]

My grandpa would have kicked my ass if I "shushed" him.

[CX2ABP]

Cool film from the epic times of amateur radio. Amazing! 73 to all de CX2ABP.

[iz8kvw]

nice film de IZ8KVW

[48alfaone]

(1) The wife felt better the next day when she found the insurance policy for $250,000! Billy was happy as well because now he could get a new Kenwood. (2) The Chinese Ham was saying, "soon we have your jobs & new Kenwood like Billy, haha! Just kidding, radio is great, i love DX & these old films.

[feliccias]

Real Radio- Ham radio will be forever. 

[IdgitsPLACE]

UHHHHHHHH I LOVE THIS VIDEO i think they should air this on national tv so hams can get the respect we deserve!

73 KJ4WYB

[DL1ZM]

Brilliant movie about Ham Radio!

73 de DL1ZM, Zeljko

[kiloeco]

Gran video, ojala mas Ham radio operators, compartan este tipo de experiencias. Great video, I wish more Ham radio operators share their experiences with us.

73

[bramslijkhuis]

dfrebh mm zxs

[mmxpr]

Nice video !!!

[maurilucca]

...meraviglioso!!!!!!!

TNK TNK TNK

[rogeratr]

Great video and historic for all ham's around word

FTE 73 de

PY2RGR Roger

Brasil

[zizobal]

Fantastic ! Romantic era of Ham Radio!

PY2CN

[vu3mes]

great video, shows what we stand for universally

vu3mes

[NW7US]

decode that Morse Code, fellows!

[mrapostropho]

Pete Smith could make anything interesting.

[dvsdnaa]

That was fun. What a good way to show the family amateur radio.

[happypappi]

Thanks for posting this film!

73 de ZL2KE

[happypappi]

Thanks for posting this film! 73 de ZL2KE

[dkaplan2005]

Fantastic

73

Dave, KJ6GLX

[alshouse]

Pete Smith's specialities were so wonderful. i wish there were more of them on here :)

[chazfensk]

Ah yes, what ham radio used to be. Now hams are just appliance users that sit at home getting fat.

[Roberta0X]

But poor Jimmy!  He doesn't have a proper callsign. On behalf of my fellow hams in the US 9th call district, I apologize for the oversight that stuck him with W9SR3. Must have been a lousy typewriter at the FCC. Gotta love his National SW3 receiver. No wonder he had to build his transmitter on a cakepan! W9KIZ

[camrl]

Excellent!! 73s fm former PY-8-CL and ZY-8-AA. Kn.

[wj2l]

Love it. WJ2L/4

[PY2RPJ]

Fine! 73!

[teconchuk]

k4rir cool

[zenzen1978TX]

This is better than watching cable.

[flasher555]

Great video. I love this kinds of movies.

[coleco1982]

SHHH! I love this video! very nice work.

73 de KB3TUO!

[N3SNZ]

Love it!!! 73's from the foothills of the Pocono Mountains in PA!!! de N3SNZ

[jk1clm]

Very enjoyable !　Nice　video !  Tnx　from Yokohama Japan.

[Mackingster]

73 de Ke7dbx, great video!

[hge1930]

That could have been me . Halcyon days .

Tom G3HGE

[wd6r]

Excellent video -- love those earlier times of ham radio. Joe WD6R

[satyriaries]

Nice video!  73 de DV1VNU

[WA5MUF]

Love this video!

73, WA5MUF

...Same call sign since 1965

[mm0bql]

Found this video on GM3ITN website.

Very interesting.

Many thanks.

73 de mm0bql

[ww2airborne]

4:20 twitering?

[kahvac]

Just got my General Ham license. I still like the old ways. KB1TJK

[fatkinson1954]

Congratulations on the General upgrade.

Now work on the Extra!

[Ogaga4Luv007]

I love this video, thanks for Stumble upon.

[namacocco]

I guess ham radio used to be coolest thing back in 1930s. I started ham radio in late 1990s, when I was 11 yo. At that time, ham was already for old people. I enjoyed ham for a few years, I started internet, and I forgot about ham. Ham is part of my childhood memory. I'm curious what's going on today's ham.

JK3XBJ (ex)

[Erechron]

For one thing, there's echolink, which allows you to access repeaters all over the world using your computer, or use a handie talky with DTMF tones to connect a local repeater to one abroad. Folks get real impressed when you call up strangers thousands of miles away on an HT. There is free software available online which allows you to use yer computer's soundcard to encode/decode new digital modes which travel far on low power and there's still plenty of activity on HF.

[fatkinson1954]

Get your license and find out. ;-)

[WA5MUF]

I just love this video! Great seeing it again!

73, WA5MUF

[SAMPLERstudio]

the chinese DX is 10 meters from your home !!! aahahahahahahahah funny movie !

73 de IX1YAH

[mypiju]

73 de 9w2pju

[JamesJB32]

The more and more i read and discover about Ham radio the more i get excited about Ham Radio.

Im glad i entered it finally :)

[JamesJB32]

oops forgot something :)

73

KB3SKU

[HotEast]

Wonderful!

[xxx715]

co to za gówno kurwa?!?!?!

[hrbear]

During the second story the young boy's mama is in agony but is she understanding the morse code? She should be a HAM too.

[MaXiLeeCH]

Great stuff!

73 de VK4BOF

[kimmarie801]

my grandpa was a ham radio, boy I miss him

[AurorasPop]

My Grandpa also gave me the taste for ham radio.... i miss him terribly, not able to share the new technology with him. Now i carry on his callsign ON7NA.

73's, dear Grandpas !

[fatkinson1954]

Why don't you get your license and see if you can get ON7NA assigned to you.

[WA5MUF]

Nice seeing this great video again! Nothing beats a great Morse Code contact!

Have fun.

-- WA5MUF

[999manman]

Man, I would love to see what the MST3K crew would do with this short!!!

[kellingc]

I thin they did do something with this once.

Did anyone notice Jimmy's call sign? W9SR3? I guess that they didn;t want to show an actual call sign - sort of like a fake telephone number - 555-2345

[999manman]

I wouldn't have gotten that.

I wonder: do Jewish people operate ham radios? LOL?

[kellingc]

only if blessed by their rabbi, and never on Saturday.

[999manman]

Oy vey and a LOL on that one!!!

[fatkinson1954]

There are a number of Jewish hams. Hams come from every walk of life.

[k5cxo]

Saw this yesterday on TMC. Vintage pre-war ham radio I enjoy it.

[WesternsFan67]

TCM (Turner Classic Movies) will be showing this film on Monday, April 6, 2009 at about 6:30 p.m. (Central). It will repeat on the TCM channel on Sunday, April 26th at 4:30 a.m. (Central) time. Look closely and you can see two glimpses of Clayton Moore (Lone Ranger t.v. star) as the ship radio operator.

[233EC052]

Hehehe, funny movie. Really nice ! 73's!

[SWSMD]

What a great film. Pete Smith made a lot of short films, comedy ones, but this is real history. Well done. I will favourite and show others.

[hammerknocker31649]

W9SR3 is his callsign, it can be eeen when they show it as the camera scrolls toward the window. That's a cool movie, 73

[SA6AUU]

good movie 73 de SA6AUU

[keyboardartist]

Hey, this was one really cool short movie! Thanks for posting this! 73 de Mike

[Erzahler]

This is cool beans! I've seen a lot of the Pete Smith Specialties on TCM, but I didn't know he made one about Amateur Radio. Nothing makes Amateur Radio Operator feel better about themselves than when they can help someone in trouble. Thank you for sharing this! :-)

73 de NØJAA

(PS: this goes right along with one of Amateur Radio's primary responsibilities: to serve in the public interest.)

[mygroovylespaul]

nice video

[ki4clz]

Groovy

[IsawManosTheHandsof]

They don't short movies as good as they did in the past.

[IsawManosTheHandsof]

I missed-typed..... Meant to type: They don't MAKE short movies as good as they did in the past. Five stars!

[onselalu]

great visuals...

[ve1jc]

Good old days for sure. 73 Dave

[gblackpe]

How come this is posted under the category of Comedy ??? Nice to hear some real Morse code, as that's something on the decline in Ham Radio, actually you don't even have to learn the code to get a license now a days, just memorize the answers to the pre published test questions.

73's de W0EPK

[schwarzcharakter]

nice video .

[comfortmother]

In teresting and good short movie.

[Chub4ChubsRule]

Wait, those two guys DIED?! Aww, this is the worst Pete Smith specialty EVER! :(

[otkjoey]

Thanks for posting this. I do not recall ever seeing it before.

[WA5MUF]

Nothing beats a good Morse Code contact!

[freddo27]

When amateurs get behind a keyboard, all politeness, friendship and the 'amateur spirit' generally goes down the pan. Pissing and moaning, threats and insults, no respect for the other guy's opinions. Packet radio was always the same. I think the computer age heralded the death of the hobby. Very sad.

[journey62]

The end of the vid, reminded to me, when I was a kid, a DX QSO I faked to my neighbor, using very low power. The kid was so excited that I did not take the joke any further and said nothing

After all this years, he still believes he made contact with colombia.

[Rafmanne]

2008 - "When ALL Else Fails" is total crap.

Once upon a time, hams were unique. Now they are clearly at least 20 years behind current communications technology.

Another drawback of ham radio is the "hand holding" control of operations. Even though "wireless" is radio, hams cannot even put up any wifi oriented systems, due to laws written in the 1950's!

Every ham wants to "help humanity", but only from the "comfort" of their musty basement. "On the ground" involvement is not a reality...

[sophiegromit]

'Rafmanne', you need to seriously get a clue and educate yourself. 'When all else fails' is still true today. There was massive cell phone failure, and departmental communication problems during and after 9/11, and hundreds of Amateur Radio operators set up emergency units in and around 'ground zero'. They handled critical emergency traffic between emergency responders, aid units, and other government units via 2 way radio using repeaters when ALL ELSE FAILED!

[Rafmanne]

"hundreds of Amateur Radio operators set up emergency units in and around 'ground zero'"

Total & utter crap... Just like Katrina where CW on a pair of spoons saved lives in New Orleans...

Hope your KoolAid is cold...

[sophiegromit]

'Rafmanne', once again, you show how deluded you are. It is FACT that Amateur Radio operators set up emergency communications near 'ground zero', and helped coordinate key communications after cell systems failed completely in lower Manhattan. Hams also have helped, and continue to do so, when hurricanes, tornados, floods, or other disasters occur where communication systems fail or are unavailable terrain-wise. Hams even helped with the search effort after the last shuttle blew up on re-entry.

[Rafmanne]

Considering my late Father spent 38 years in NYFD, you are full of ARRL wonder-crap...

Blah, blah, blah, on & on about how great hams are... I have been licensed in the "old school" for 26 years... I don't see it "terrain-wise"...

I hope you delusions subside long enough to see reality... Maybe the meds will help...

[sophiegromit]

Big effing deal. So your father spent 38 years in the NYFD. The same NYFD (and NYPD) that had massive communication failures with their radio gear and/or lack of frequency coordination on 9/11 (i'm not dissing their heroism). This was all over the news and common fact, and helped add to the necessity of Hams. You obviously have some kind of animosity against Hams, given your false negative posts. You probably think black is white and white is black. If I 'need meds', then you need a lobotomy!

[Rafmanne]

"The same NYFD (and NYPD) that had massive communication failures with their radio gear and/or lack of frequency coordination on 9/11"

The radio system was designed by Communications Engineers, who were all hams... All the frequency "coordination" in the world could not have foretold of the main antenna structure being removed "terrain-wise"

What you have done is not only dissed FDNY but hams who you seem to believe are "heroic" as well? Heroes do things, not talk up how great they "did" it

[sophiegromit]

'Rafmanne', you're wrong again. Not all who designed their radio systems were Hams. And the point of argument is NOT about foretelling disaster, but RESPONDING to it. Amateur Radio operators DID respond by setting up point to point, as well as repeater communications that greatly aided local and national authorities for various groups. You must have been asleep those few days. Lastly, I did not 'diss' FDNY. I was just mentioning that 38 years with FDNY had nothing to do with your argument.

[WA5MUF]

.... nice seeing this again!

-- WA5MUF

[scada4321]

I wonder if Mrs. Mulligan was making her famous stew again? And little Jimmy was getting sick of eatin' the same 'ol stuff 3 times a week!

[FatherJudgement]

Great film thanks for uploading

[nilsorsky]

In Ukraine we also have a radio/

[k4nbc]

At 8:20 in, mom starts crying when the plane crashes. MOM READS CW!!!!!!!!!!But can she cook?

[wiltors]

sexist?

-ki6pqn

[wiltors]

actually, no, shes reading what the boy was writing down  in the notebook

[westkan]

There was nothing to read. The signal from the plane simply stopped, reasonable assumption would be that the plane crashed, knowing it was low on fuel.

[Kitsuneranger]

More Pete Smith Specialities please!

[betomiyazaki]

I'm a SWL

73's from Mexico

[geldhundt]

Jimmy! Did you take the 4CX1500 out of my oven again? I need to make cookies for the bridge club tomorrow!

[manzoni911]

nice video 73 (Max)  VE2 HTX

[zahiruddin1991]

very nice video...

so..

im still new in ham radio...

im still a SWAL...but i joined a radio club for me to learn how to QSO..

hope we can meet in the future...

through air by using radio...

73

[w4zjm]

LOVE IT ....

73's

SK

DE W4ZJM

[Evalea1]

I love it! I still know HAMs just like the young fella in the film.

[k8ai]

Cool video.

[gonzaval]

I am A Active Ham KI6LFF 73's and 88's

[sunoftatra]

I was ham radioamateur from 13 years old boy and I was build all my homebrew equipment in late 80ties like that boy and I can tell that Ham radio was destroyed by american fascists from ARRL and DXCC. They are commercialized and politisized that nice hobby. Today Ham radio is dead and it is not internet/celluar fones reasons, its because of people who are radioamateurs in western capitalist regime countries.

[viewfinderbob]

Say what?

[Evalea1]

Calm done OM! Things must change,or perish.

[BigDTexas]

That must be why there are SOOOOOO many ham operators in China!

[ve2so]

Reporting as an active ham.

[ShockDoc]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Pete Smith shorts. Thank you SO much for posting these.

[eimac4x1]

True, today ham radio can not compete with the internet or cell phones. But what it can do is supply a hands on knowledge of electronics. Those who are interested in this aspect can appreciate what can be done in amateur radio. Those who want to stare into a screen all day will be satisfied with doing that.

Now if you dont mind, I have pc boards to design, metal cabinets to fabricate, and satellites to track.

[Jaytyrone]

Face it, Hams are loons. Technology has left them in the dust and they did not have as big as role in the advancement of technology as they want you believe. They are good at tooting their own horn, I'll give them that. Our society no longer has any use for them. The Katrina deal outlined that very well. They can pass "Welfare messages". They have no business being in the emerg response service nor are they wanted It's only a hobby for them to talk to each other on antiquated radio equipment.

[moregon]

Evidently you have no idea what you're talking about. The Katrina disaster proved just the opposite is true of what you're saying. We don't use antiquated radios. I'm an active member with ARES and other emergency services which deal directly with our local fire and police departments and are used quite frequently as co-participants in disaster drills. Cell phones, telephones, and the Internet can all go down in disasters.. Ham Radio continues on, providing necessary communications.

[gonzaval]

well said!!!!!!! This is KI6LFF WE Rock!!!!

[ik1lbl]

What this strage kind of guy says ? your wors are pure spam !

[diverongases]

you should all be fucking shot and bummed at dawn! may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your arseholes. Go for a walk or read a book, or better still by a fone.

[dermengi]

very nice.....my best regards from YO3BR op. EDY DERMENGI BUCHAREST ROMANIA

[Organgrinder010]

Bravo! Thanks for this.

[eodmatt]

Great! 73's (DL5YQ & VP8AWY).

[lu1dz]

Great...!!!

73

LU1DZ

[2E0BNC]

2E0BNC

Nice video !

73

[RatPfink66]

Hamming was obviously not thought of as a geekfest in 1939 as it is today. It had a certain romance to it, as did broadcasting. That is what people enjoy looking back on this film.

[footballluver2008]

EXCELLENT. HAPPY TO SEE THIS OLD VIDEO ON HAM RADIO. WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF WE HAD VIDEOS OF SAY, THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OR GEORGE WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE RIVER? We all should thank those who came before us and made a positive difference.

[ZXROMEO]

Embarrassing, truly embarrassing. I feel sorry for these old ham guys tho still think it's 1955. Cool back then, not cool now.

[mattknows]

Congratulations. You FAIL.

Idiot.

[mattknows]

(in reference to ZXROMEO)

[km6xz]

There is a whole range of generations in ham radio, and their interest in science and invention has over the years up to today propelled many advances in engineering and technology. I might be old in your eyes at 58 but did my part in advancing various technologies, including RF communications and even music recording....my 28 gold and platinum records were in a major way contributed to by my childhood till present passion for ham radio and discovery.

[brm269]

Long live Ham Radio Operators!!!!!!

dit-dit-dit-dah-dit-dah....... dit-dit

[visor109]

Great video! It somewhat looks like one of Tom Paris's Holonovels from Star Trek Voyager!

73!

[k1tg]

This great stuff, a trifle corny by today's

standards. The receiver is a National SW-3.

[WA5MUF]

I believe I saw this a long time ago -- somewhere.

It is fantastic!

..... glad to see it.

[ecabsop]

I like this one

[1everafter]

This video was actually released in 2006.

It is good to see that ham radio is keeping up with the times.

[rudyiking]

Now why don't we have any videos like this now days?

[Wa3ypx]

Because there isn't any sex, or scandle, or somebody gettin' their ass beat!!

[evans128]

yes sir,I have to agree with you,what we see today in everyday life and on our screens is nothing short of moral decay,make no wonder that youngsters turn out like they do when exposed to such sensationalism and a lack of familly values. 73's sir and good dx.

[sophiegromit]

Very nice, but when will 'Kenwood' come out with a true, high-end HF/6 radio???

Just kidding!

[marneydog]

dumb ass forgot to check the fuel gauge.

[jvolstad]

Is there a high-def version that can be downloaded?

[ironmanfab]

high def. yeah right-you tard

[jvolstad]

By high-def I was looking for a version that is large enough to play full screen.