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Patrolling the Ether (1944)
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10 April 1944 (USA)
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In the days leading up to World War II, the Radio Intelligence Division of the Federal Communications...
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Historically interesting mediocre short
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Cast
(in alphabetical order) | Hazel Brooks | ... | Taxi Driver / German Spy (uncredited) |
| Marc Cramer | ... | German Spy in Taxi (uncredited) |
| Richard Crane | ... | Phillip (uncredited) |
| Donald Curtis | ... | Bill Beck (uncredited) |
| Connie Gilchrist | ... | Phillip's Mother (uncredited) |
| Selmer Jackson | ... | Chief of Radio Intelligence Division (uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | ... | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Emmett Vogan | ... | Aide to Chief of Radio Intelligence Division (uncredited) |
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| Paul Burnford | |||
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| DeVallon Scott | (story) (as De Vallon Scott) and | |
| Alan Friedman | (story) | |
| DeVallon Scott | (screenplay) (as De Vallon Scott) and | |
| Alan Friedman | (screenplay) | |
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| Nathaniel Shilkret | |||
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| Walter Strenge | |||
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| Harry Komer | |||
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| Paul Youngblood | |||
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| Albert Glasser | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1944) (USA) (theatrical)
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"Patrolling the Ether: A Crime Does Not Pay Subject" - USA (series title)
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21 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #9592)
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This was the first movie in the USA to premiere on television.See more »
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FCC has a video of this film and with the studio's permission uses it for training - hence I saw it. It was part of a series of WWII propaganda films on how obscure agencies were contributing to the war effort. There is some truth to the wartime role of the FCC in listening for axis spies who used radio and having armed agents look for them. This mission left FCC after the war. The details of the film are highly fictionalized and the acting reminds one of Reefer Madness.
J. Edgar Hoover was reportedly annoyed about the film saying it gave the FCC too much credit.
If you are interested in radio technology or FCC this is a good movie to watch with a beer in hand. It is historically significant in that it was the first film shown on TV before theatrical release - but at that time TV was an experiment and viewership was minimal.