Largest Radio Transmitter Is Dedicated (1950)

★★★★ · Good newsreel clip · ERD. · 2009-05-26

An interesting pictorial piece of 1950's history when the largest radio transmitter was dedicated.

★★★ · Radio Jim Creek · Wilford B. Wolf · 2005-03-20

It is always interesting to see old films of places you have been. In this case, Jim Creek, which is located north of Darrington, WA in Snohomish County (north east of Seattle). The Navy still owns the land that "Radio Jim Creek" stands on, but the radio broadcast towers have been long decommissioned, I believe superceded by satellites some time in the 1960s. Now, the area is run as a recreation area for the many Naval family stationed at Whidbey Island NAS and Everett. As for the reel itself, a pretty standard period newsreel, full of shots of dignitaries and officials, and some nice shots…