Patrolling the Ether
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Genre Short, Drama Initial release April 10, 1944 (USA) Running time 21 minutes | 5.4/10 IMDb Duration Director Paul Burnford Music director Nathaniel Shilkret | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer DeVallon Scott (original story), Alan Friedman (original story), DeVallon Scott (screenplay), Alan Friedman (screenplay) Screenplay DeVallon Scott, Alan Friedman Cast Hazel Brooks (Taxi Driver / German Spy), Richard Crane (Phillip), Donald Curtis (Bill Beck), Marc Cramer (German Spy in Taxi), Connie Gilchrist (Phillips mother)Similar movies She Went to the Races (1945), The Pace That Thrills (1952), Harrigans Kid (1943), The Big Sky (1952), The Maverick Queen (1956) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Patrolling the ether
Patrolling the Ether is a short film made in 1944 depicting amateur radio operators aiding the Federal Communications Commission in monitoring the airwaves for Nazi spy transmissions. It is notable as the first film ever broadcast simultaneously on more than one television station; on 10 April 1944, it was shown on three stations: WNBT, New York (now WNBC), WPTZ Philadelphia (now KYW) and WRGB Schenectady, New York, marking a milestone in the history of network television.
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