Big Da-Dit-Da Class Graduated At New Naval Radio School (1941)
1941 · Newsreel · 1 min
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Noroton, CT: Several hundred enlisted men complete a course in radio engineering at the U.S. Navy school here and graduate as radio operators. Listen to them as they learn their 'Da-Dit-Das'." includes some sound of Morse code. (partial newsreel)
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★★★ · Repeat After Me: Dit-Dit Dit-Da Da-Da Dit-Da Da Dit Dit-Da-Dit-Dit Dit Da-Da-Dit Dit-Da-Dit Da-Dit Dit-Da-Da-Dit Dit-Dit · Christine Hennig · 2006-06-15
Newsreel story from World War II about the graduation of a class of telegraph operators. This has a fairly interesting and weird beginning where a teacher has the students repeat various letters of the alphabet in Morse Code, as das (dashes) and dits (dots). Then we get to see the sailors sending messages and operating teletype machines, and a little bit of footage of their graduation. An unusual bit of military history here. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: ****. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.