![]() ![]() ![]() The Morse Code key visible on the table is a Vibroplex Semi-Automatic "Bug" model. The radio is a Collins KWM-2A, generally regarded as the "Cadillac" of ham radio transceivers of its day, with matching speaker to the right. The Arroways' amateur radio station that young Ellie uses is authentic and period-appropriate. Adolf Hitler's speech to open the Berlin Olympic Games (1936, almost unrecognizable). "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz (1939). Roosevelt's "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy" speech (1941). Joseph McCarthy: "Have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" (1950s). Brian Hyland's Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini (1960). Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech (1963). Neil Armstrong: "One small step for a man." (1969). Richard Nixon: "I am not a crook." (1973). R2-D2 whistling and beeping from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). A Taste of Honey's Boogie Oogie Oogie (1978). Crash Test Dummies's God Shuffled His Feet (1993). Third Eye Blind's Semi-Charmed Life (1997). ![]() From closest to farthest, the transmissions include: ![]() As the camera moves away from Earth, the transmissions become older, as the first transmissions would be further out into space. At the beginning, various television and radio transmissions are heard coming from Earth into outer space. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |