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Fog Over Portland (1953)

1953 · Ephemeral film · 18 min

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Running time
18 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

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★★★★ · Hi I'm Mike, and this is Mike's Store. · Spuzz · 2020-06-07

Interesting movie about what happened when UHF channels moved into Portland, and nobody was ready for the pandemonium.. or so it seems. Everyone had a VHF set! People were duped into buying expensive converters! False advertising! But Zenith (because they paid for this film) came in and save the day with their trusted televisions and doodads that could help tvs get their precious UHF signals! This film does a good job in hammering down why Zenith is the only company in town ready to deal with your UHF needs. It also demonstrated how every Tom, Dick and Harry with a TV repair shop decided to…

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