Radio and Television (1940)
1940 · Ephemeral film · 10 min
- Documentary
- Short
Synopsis
Vocational guidance film showing the radio industry as it existed in 1940, along with potential occupations at every level. Introduces the new industry of television, emphasizing its need for specially skilled workers. The film features imagery the electronics used in the pre-World War II era.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Studio
- Vocational Guidance Films, Inc.
- Released
- 1940-08-04
- Running time
- 10 minutes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · You Can Be a Sound Engineer · Dodsworth the Cat · 2024-09-18
This film has a complete overview of the sound engineering in several related fields, including radio and TV stations, radio repair, radio operation in the airline and shipping industries. The script even goes into dead-end jobs. There's a bit of a sidebar about network radio at the start, including descriptions of news, production (including live sound effects) and the continuity department which, in 1940, was still writing for network-produced shows. We get to see network switchers in action, with patch cords and toggle switches. No electronics then. All manual. Some of the footage…
★★★ · Radio killed the Vaudvillian Star · Spuzz · 2004-04-15
A "This is your career!" film focusing on the (then) many oppurtunities you can have working in radio, and oh yeah, television. Surprisingly, this mostly focuses on the technical side of things, eg radio tech careers, and not say, broadcasting. So to sum this film up, Boys! don't even think of becoming a radio engineer unless you've got the training, otherwise you'll just be hired to assemble the radios (with the girls).
