Young Tom Edison


I was recording an OTR stream and had the volume down low.  Then I had that "after 27 hours of Field Day" experience where you start hearing code everywhere.  But no, it was code from the barely audible old time radio stream I was recording.  It was the climax of Young Tom Edison on the Lux Radio Theater.  The bridge is out

and Mickey Rooney (as Young Tom) uses the whistle of a steam engine to send a DANGER message to his sister on old No. 7 speeding towards the washout.  Here it is on both video and audio:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x24mzz8  
starts at about 45 minutes

I never really liked The Lux Radio Theater - maybe it's the commercials or CB DeMille or the phony interviews with the cast at the end - anyway I rarely listen to it, but Morse Code changed things !

BTW, Mick had a decent fist considering he was keying a steam whistle, not sure if he knew American Morse though :)

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm