Vintage WWII Radio Films

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Vintage WWII Radio Films

Radio technology dominated the media and transmittal of information during WWII. See just how important radio communications were in WWII in all three of these historic, educational movies. You cant find this collection anywhere else – this is one-of-a-kind learning opportunity and a great addition to any collectors lineup of WWII or radio collectibles.

Included Films:

Target Invisible

Produced: 1945

Length: 8 Minutes

Target Invisible dramatizes a bombing mission over Japan to illustrate how radar helped the United States defeat the Japanese in World War II. Using a deftly assembled mixture of actual WWII footage and produced drama, the film details radar in action. It shows the radar operator on a B-29 bomber (the most famous WWII plane) using his equipment to navigate, spot enemy planes, and zero in on the ground targets of the planes bombs. Target Invisible is an eye opening look at WWII Air Force operations and the technology they employed.

Radio at War

Produced: 1944

Length: 21 Minutes

Watch attentively as brothers Jim and Joe head off to WWII to serve their country as radio men. The video travels through the brothers training days as well as their first couple of months in battle overseas. Historical and exciting, this vintage film takes a close look at the young men who felt it was their duty to join the armed forces during the Second World War. Radio At War sheds light on what the mans cultural ideal was during this time.

Voice of Victory

Produced: 1944

Length: 28 Minutes

Voice of Victory describes the design and construction of Hallicrafters Radio transmitters and receivers and explains how these radios aided our soldiers and allies in World War II. This was a very heavy (and expensive) radio and the first part of the film explores the extensive planning and testing by amateur HAM radio operators that it took to introduce the device to the war front. The second part of the film focuses on the construction and components of the radios. It also documents the assembly of the devices step by step. Anyone who owns a Hallicrafters HT-4 or the modified military version, the BC-610, will find valuable footage of the inner workings of these devices. But the film is also an engaging historical document for viewers with an interest in the history of technology and World War II.