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20 May 1939 (USA) morePlot:
A "Pete Smith Specialty" - a fairly serious look at radio hams in the usual jokey format. Shows aircraft using morse code. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Decent Smith Short moreCast
(Cast) | Barbara Bedford | ... | Mrs. Crane (uncredited) |
| Eleanor Counts | ... | Miss Mulligan, Jimmy's Sister (uncredited) |
| Jack Daley | ... | Pa Mulligan (uncredited) |
| Robert Homans | ... | Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited) |
 | Clayton Moore | ... | Ship Radio Operator (uncredited) |
| Alonzo Price | ... | Clyde DeVinna (uncredited) |
| Jason Robards Sr. | ... | Pilot in Distress (uncredited) |
| Pete Smith | ... | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Harry Strang | ... | Man in Montage (uncredited) |
| Phillip Terry | ... | Co-Pilot (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Vaughan | ... | Ma Mulligan (uncredited) |
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #5059)FAQ
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Radio Hams (1939)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Pete Smith short takes a look at radio hams, which in other words are men who work on their radios in order to save lives or pass information over the radio during times of trouble. The film takes a look at two stories. One involving two friends talking over the radio when one gets poisoned by gas to where the other one must use the radio to find someone to help him. The other story deals with a missing ship and two pilots who go out looking for it, signaling back to the wives of the men lost at sea. This is a pretty entertaining short even though it is more dramatic than most of Smith's work. A lot of his work had large doses of humor but that's pretty much gone here with the exception of the ending, which deals with a Chinese man but I won't ruin the twist for you.