Hear and Now (1958)

★★★★★ · Great, romantic view of radio · pottersclay75 · 2005-08-18

When one considers that this was made in 1958, it is no wonder there was such an effort being put into pushing radio. Television exploded in the mid-fifties, and many radio stations saw it as their tombstone. This film may go a bit over the top in romanticizing radio, but it certainly does point out what many take for granted. Especially in late-fifties. Many times, the film is very poetic in nature. You almost want to shed a tear for our friend the radio by the end. Out of all the films about radio on the archive, this is by far the best put together film. I also recomment the film on…

★★★★ · How radio is good (insert clip here) · Spuzz · 2003-07-08

Quite an ironic little picture of showing radio's progress by showing every news clip imaginable. Everything, from President Hoover winning the election to Hindenburg ("Oh the humanity!" explosion! We do also, get a nice overview of what the radio can be used for, eg weather forecasts, traffic forecasts and announcing sales (sale on beef shanks!). Quite a simple (and obvious) film, but one which can be enjoyed on it's merits. Reccomended!

★★★★ · Radio Goo Goo Gaa Gaa · Dr-Pretorious · 2021-09-09

Interesting film with ironically, great visual clips of radio news broadcasts. All the while the glowing elephant in the room watches with a hypnotic eye. At least vehicles still will retain the audio enterprise... oh.. wait a minute.

★★★ · "And here's one more special for today" · Steve Nordby · 2004-02-27

Something of a National Association of Brodcasters companion piece to "Welcome Guest in the House." That film about TV had the wonderful voice of Don Ameche while this one is narrated by some marginal announcer with a voice that sounds like it was over a telephone representing what is heard on the radio. Ironic given the subject. Like that other film, no mention of entertainment, just news and sports. But unlike that other film, this one points out how advertising helps the housewife by keeping her informed of sales on food and shoes.

★★★ · Chuck Roast 33 cents/lb · JayKay49 · 2015-10-27

Oh take me back to the 1950's. Even an iPhone is no comfort when that roast costs $4 a pound (and of lousier quality). A great up close shot of the Dallas, TX tornado of 1957. This was the first "high quality" close up moving picture of a tornado. It was studied extensively looking at the movement of debris to ascertain what the actual dynamics of a tornado are. The irony of this film is that the visuals in it are its point of interest, despite its aim to "downplay" the value of television which was largely replacing "pictureless" radio.